'Jack, hold up two fingers'

Jack hold up two fingers


I don’t remember much from my coma because,
well, I was in a coma!
But one time I heard a girl’s voice say:
Jack, hold up two fingers,
and I was able to hold up two fingers like she requested.
Then she said one finger, two, three, and so on.
I was not able to open my eyes but I could hear her voice and could move my fingers. Three fingers, and I would hold up three.
Jack, hold up one finger, and I would hold up one.
This went on for a while I have no idea how long,
but eventually I was getting bored of the finger game
and she said , Jack, hold up three fingers, and I held up three.
Jack, hold up one finger, and I held up one.
I thought to myself this must be a nurse
and she is going overboard with this
as I can obviously do what she requests
but she won’t stop this d**n finger game.

Jack hold up two fingers, and I held up one!
No I said two fingers, and I held up one!
Every time she said a number of fingers to hold up,
I held up one ,
one, one , one!
And finally she seemed to not be getting it that I was tired of her d**n finger game so .
Jack, hold up two fingers,
you were doing well before,
two fingers,
and I shot her the finger
And I heard laughter and I drifted off to sleep again.


J. Winters VonKnife


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