By Misti
Date: 2005 Jun 10
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Sitting To The Left

sitting to the left of his hospital bed
the day he was discharged
she watched another stupid reality show
she is a sucker for reality shows
most realities are more exciting than hers
he watched with her in between phone calls
from friends
telling him that in a month his job
will no longer exist
and visits from nurses
who joked with him and expected him
to laugh

they watched the celebrity couple on
the suspended television
the pseudo punk drummer
and his pretty Playboy centerfold wife
living a life of high drama
wedding planners can be such incompetent bitches
which Warhol to choose?
the flowers or the cow?

somehow they smile
sharing cookies from the bouquet
everything will be okay someday
true love always finds a way, doesn't it?
yes if the world
doesn't devour it
first.