Hospital beds
A steady beep
Not steady beep - jaunty tune
I don't like you jaunty tune
Whilst no one is running in maybe I sit calm
I like to stand up and slightly move a wire or send messages from my brain to the machine, tell it no
Steady beep, sit down
They'll come soon to improve quality of life but not extend it
I don't know what that means, I probably know what that means
Steady beep, jaunty tune, stand up
Move the blanket slightly, magically
Steady beep
Visitors opposite leave, that lady says "see you soon" I'm thinking how does anyone know but I sit behind this curtain where the tune plays and no one arrives
Oh the next bed is back, they return in 4 weeks for a check up - steady beep
We were doing the crossword together earlier, I find it cuts through the situation
Jaunty tune, lower still, no one comes 89, needs to be 92 as a minimum they'd said, stand up, get eye to eye with machine, there's nothing I can touch, the blanket isn't magical, I'll try it, straighten the blanket, jaunty tune, jaunty tune, jaunty tune...
Jaunty tune, jaunty tune, jaunty tune, hold hand, jaunty tune, jaunty tune, no one runs in, jaunty tune, jaunty tune, mess with mask, jaunty tune, go to doctor
He says that's fine
She's next in surgery
He says that's fine at 88 - 90, jaunty tune, jaunty tune
I don't like this alarm
Google oxygen saturation, cause for concern at 89, jumps up to 94, steady beep
97, I didn't touch anything, 94, 95, settle in chair with steady beep
Steady beep, steady beep, 85 no tune, machine says "no patient" 57, mess with wire, jaunty tune 88
Steady beep, jaunty tune, 86
Can't stand it, wake up, sit up, steady beep 95, 91, steady beep, jaunty tune
Hurry up quality of life people
Jaunty tune, jaunty tune, jaunty tune
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