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Harriet's Nurse [2021 version]

from No Response From Car 33 by Mark Automaton

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Harriet's dreaming
As the drugs drift through her veins
Harriet's screaming
In a silent world of pain
No one can hear
No one's aware
No one except
Harriet's nurse

She closes the curtains
That shroud the hospital bed
She knows for certain
What's going on in Harriet's head
The needle slides in
Just under the skin
The relief tastes so sweet
To Harriet's nurse

She writes in the drug book
With a smile fixed on her face
Decimal points are so small
They're easy to erase
Just the stroke of a pen
And one becomes ten
And her fate is sealed
By Harriet's nurse

Now the ward is in silence
Except for the monitor's bleep
There's no need to use violence
To harm a child while she sleeps
And the doctors she charms
Will raise no alarms
No one will suspect
Harriet's nurse

She thinks she's the hero
The goddess of her own little world
Now she'll have the attention
That she was denied as a girl
Another patient will die
Another family will cry
That's of no concern
To Harriet's nurse

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from No Response From Car 33, released January 1, 2022

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Mark Automaton UK

Mark Automaton came to prominence as a founding member of the seminal “cassette culture” band the Instant Automatons, who were instrumental in spearheading the UK DIY music scene of the late 70s and early 80s.
Since then, Mark has been active as a producer, musical collaborator and solo artist, releasing music under his own name and also as 391 and randomk/automata.
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