The Human Touch 2013 - University of Colorado Denver
The Human Touch 2013 - University of Colorado Denver
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<strong>The</strong> School Nurse<br />
Robin McKee<br />
Hello, again.<br />
What’s wrong, my frequent fl yer?<br />
Sore throat, stomach ache, headache, hungry?<br />
Sad, homesick, nervous about your math test?<br />
Was it a bad morning at home?<br />
Did you misbehave and need to escape your fate?<br />
It’s so hard to tell; your ailments are many.<br />
It’s <strong>of</strong>ten hard to look at you with a fresh face each time,<br />
Each time and time and time again, that your cherubic face walks through my door.<br />
But, I can’t imagine your life outside <strong>of</strong> these four safe walls -<br />
<strong>The</strong> lack <strong>of</strong> food, the lack <strong>of</strong> caring, the lack <strong>of</strong> money, the lack <strong>of</strong> a real home.<br />
You eat two meals here, I give you clothes, I wash your dirty ones,<br />
I send you home with crackers, cheese, cereal… extra band aids when you get hurt.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no working phone number, so I cannot reach anyone when you are sick,<br />
So you stay with me all day, and I send you home on the bus – front seat, by yourself;<br />
Don’t cough or breathe on anyone, o.k.?<br />
If I pause and think... I get it.<br />
So I do look at you with a fresh face -<br />
Hey there buddy, what can I do for you today?<br />
Again. •<br />
Universal Language (Patti Village, India) [Felicia Hutchison]<br />
PG 60<br />
PG 61
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