Waking Up I Surprised Them Poem by James McLain

They hear from my mouth as I
Suddenly awake.
The nurses nipple hard, the room
Is cold.
I am clean but I'm sure I was dirty
There.
There where they cut me,
Now glued shut.
I am a patient who will and they
Don't know me until.
The pain is unbearable and as
They give me the good stuff, not a pill
Untill my time draws near.
I feel as if the weight of the world has been,
Laid upon my stomach.
My eyes take it all in as one by one
They leave.
I had to open a drawer and wedge the
Second i.v. in,
To pull it out and leaving I left them
Wondering where I was.