we are giggling

pulling at your shoulder to roll your head

         pinching your toes with a whispered wake up!

then the quick step down the hall

         the nurses lowering their voices

shifting shadows on the tiles

         then the eyelid unlatched

a magic eight ball already shaken

         already swirling to black.

Sarah Corney is a third-year student at the University of Virginia majoring in French and in the Area Program in Poetry Writing. She has contributed to several university publications including editing for The Cavalier Daily and copy writing for Corks & Curls.