donal mclaughlin's neuro is the opening section of a day-book describing life on a long-stay hospital ward.
as nurses shoogle
shit-filled joggies doon ma legz
ah hink donc je suis
thi view a non-view
two (flat) roofs grey clood gullz
at maist a magpie
thi brain knowz
whit thi legz ur daein —
it’s jist: ah dont
maginin ma feet
in places & daein hingz
they urnae
way they talk ye throo a catheter change
way ye wish they widnae
catheter—
vague tug here tug therr
aw ah feel
(image by Donal)
