Caren Krutsinger Poet Prose Poetry

Maniacally Happy Nurse

We have had ten cases of Covid this week.
The nurse says this in a cheery, delighted, weird way.
Is it the new strain? I ask.

No idea, she says happily. 
Forgetting this is Wednesday, I later wonder,
Did she mean since Monday?  Two days or Wednesday to Wednesday?

She is asking me questions now about the reason I am here.
I have to concentrate.  I know I am allergic to something.
What the heck is it?  I am busy studying this maniacally happy nurse.
Latex! I yell. I am allergic to latex.

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L Milton Hankins July 23, 2021 at 9:13 AM Wow! So am I. That's why I always get the first surgery scheduled for the morning. Then after they save my life, they stock the place with latex! I guess. Caren Krutsinger July 23, 2021 at 6:30 PM I think many of us are allergic to latex.