Patrick Mc Manus

Helping



to help her
after her
hard day
at work
they took to
role playing
re-enacting
the tense moments
threatening situations
that sort of thing
……………..
but one day
sometime later
terribly injured
awfully scarred
touch and go
he woke up
in intensive care
on a drip
………………
they then
thought that
perhaps she
could learn
some nice relaxing
breathing exercises
instead




Patrick Mc Manus is a retired architect-survivor poet published in ‘Beyond Bedlam’ ‘Magma’ ‘Under the Asylum Tree’ and more latest books ‘Cement and Water’ and ‘Bricks - kept relatively sane with painting ex potter -ex voluntary work mental health-running poetry workshops groups helped by doses of Poetryetc and Britpos- -has –partner Janet ,Cat Vile Boris and grandchildren.-saw second world war -born London long ago.




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