Here I am,
Kneeling by your bedside,
A bottle in my hand and a spoon.

There you are
With eyes shut tight,
Nose pinched between two fingers,
Mouth open,
Body all tensed up and ready,
OOOOOOOOOOOOO down it slides.
Pink medicine.

                                                                    Cerita M. Hewett
                                                                    About 1990