he found himself juggling words wordplay  it tickled himan something hed done for so long that it was automatic as automatic as when a woman bent before him he played his eyes across her exposed chest an often more

morphine

he hadnt had any experience with it before now he was up to his eyeballs in it

it helped her breathe

it lessened her pain

lessened it

            lessened her pain he wondered if her physicians knew her first birth was 40hours without pain medication

he understoodhe got it

anything that would lessen her laboursrelax her was to her benefit

he wanted her to squeeze any good out of her circumstances

it was dire

morphine  morfiend

she was in and out of consciousness

he approached her bed with a syringe of water to flush her feeding tube a syringe of morphine a second syringe of water Hey baby its Dad Time for your medicine  he didnt call it morphine

she mewled in her throatacknowledged him

itd help her sleep

morphine

morfiend

morphin'

morfriend

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