Empire Of The Senseless

‘Don’t stop singing…’ she pauses to read my nametag. Its being blocked by tiny a ninja voodoo doll, I’m your daddy baby, I’ll watch over you as you watch over me.  ‘Baby Sabia?’             ‘Mmm, you are a wise one. You can read. Don’t be fool, write only what you want to believe.’ I look at her dark blue scrubs; she’s got a pocket full of pens. ‘Sweetheart, look’ I point at her chest ‘you’ve got everything you could ever need. Don’t be scared. Rewrite this entire story instead. You have my word; it will be all you say it must. If you must, write me. Write my sneakers walking all the way home, right up to your baby blue toes. Write memory. Remember my love. You and I, we’ve been fucking around town for years waiting on your stupid ass to catch up.’              She scrunches her eyebrows; she doesn’t have a clue why I’m talking love at her. She’s just a girl in the hall at my hospital. She just checks IDs and asks for symptoms and gives out masks. She’s just learning: baby steps. I can see her try to chase my