Professional Poetic Rivarly Between A Uniform And Scrubs
Unedited Version To The This Is How I Remember It Challenge

Sitting here confused
Battered and bruised
Life took an uncharted path
Almighty issued a questionable challenging wrath
On a man named Knight
Gallantly protecting, Ann Gail in life’s fight
A collegiate beauty showing might
Prepared for any plight
Last century, both endured maturing weather
Tickling each other's emotional feather
Love flowing through the air
Flourishing academic campus romantic affair
Proper acceptable dress they did wear
Uniformed nurse
Professional trusting defeating any sickness curse
For him
To win
Suit and tie
And no chance he would ever lie
Immersed in their assigned textbook
Only took
Breaks to cook
Until academic courses were complete
And family friends ever so sweet
Celebrate
Achievement great
After credits towards degree earned
Set sail, encountering real world without a concern
Wedding vows came and went
Weekend trips to video stores made to rent
Unbelievable technology, entered the scene
Decisions based on a scripted character generated screen
Data easily obtained
Nobody really wants to complain
Then one day while grabbing a muffin
Ann Gail, walked out saying nothing
“Are you working the Emergency O R
Or band aiding a pediatric scar?”
Knight inquired from his company incentive car
Whistling a happy eighties tune
Stirring pick me up coffee, using a spoon
“No walking the floors
Pressing buttons, opening new doors”
Knight, he did listen
Instead of morning kissin
Comprehending this laid-back mission
Time went on
Then the reality bomb
Information seemed off
Knight diagnosis, a sarcastic cough
“Are you all right, honey?
Bank account statements say we have money.
Is there something I should fear
About your lackluster cheer?”
“Dear
Please hold my beer
And hear
What I have to say
Okay
You once wore an ensemble tight
And innocently white
Sending a message honest and true
Comforting the fool
Who did something dumb
And you made sure they were welcome
Presenting an attitude, powerful and bright
Shining, the healing spotlight
Now daily costume code required is comfortably colorfully alive
Easily washed and dried
Unlike the formal garment cleaner
Needed to mend hurting screamers
Ordering Plan B’s spa steamer”
Knight did claim
Wiping the sudsy stain
“Correct things are very simple
Now I have time to study surgical removal of a pimple”
Ann Gail face smiled
Still driving Knight wild
“I want you to know how beautiful you were
When researching a cure
But now that I finished my drink
Please reflect and think
About the knowledgeable investment we made together
Forever”
Next morning
Without warning
Ann Gail came downstairs informing
Exhibiting fashionable business attire
Wanting to be hired
For the open executive slot
Committed giving the promo interview, the old University shot
Appearing hot
Under the collar
Ready to holler
She is the one
And her career not done
One more step requests a climb
Hoping the corporation marches their dimes
To afford Knight's Ann Gail
A BS winner who never fails
Only finds herself
A symbol representing good health
About the Creator
Marc OBrien
Barry University graduate Marc O'Brien has returned to Florida after a 17 year author residency in Las Vegas. He will continue using fiction as a way to distribute information. Books include "The Final Fence: Sophomores In The Saddle"




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