Stephanie Smith ~ Hospital Stay

The food here tastes
like a child-made
easy-bake oven meal

They drew my blood again
(those vampires)
but compensated
with a morphine drip
as I ate some pâté

then dreamt
of sitting in a café
with Picasso and Breton
sharing thoughts over coffee
and a day-old baguette

Stephanie Smith is a poet and writer living in Pennsylvania. Her work has appeared in such publications as PIF MAGAZINE, THE HORROR ZINE, THE CHAMBER, NOT ONE OF US, THE LITERARY HATCHET, LIQUID IMAGINATION, and ILLUMEN.