Monday 26 May 2014

The Big Cheese

The hospital
As a child I called it The Big Cheese
The Joburg General
Yellow and holey
Swiss Emmental

I recall
Disney on the children’s walls
Unavailingly dampening cries
Softening needles
Doctor’s lies



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  1. socialeaf26 May 2014 at 22:06

    Today, it's called The Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.

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