A Deeper Plane: Half Drunk Tea
May 2024
This is the story of Half Drunk Tea
I was supposed to drink you at quarter to three
But the boy shat himself and started to scream
So I went upstairs to give him a clean.
This is the story of Half Drunk Tea
Two sips in and a crotch full of wee
These nappies from Aldi have started to leak
That’s the third or fourth time it’s happened this week.
This is the story of Half Drunk Tea
You were asleep in your buggy just under the tree
When through the open window came
A frustrated sob. Oh what a shame.
This is the story of Half Drunk Tea
I was about to start page eighty-three
Then from your cot I heard a cry
The book went down. It was worth a try.
This is the story of a rather full bowel
I know if I leave you, you’ll hurl and you’ll howl
So we’ll wait for mummy to get back home
So I can spend some time in the toilet.
Alone.
Johnny Dauncey
ST4 Anaesthetist, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
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