Another Day At The Hospital

Jimmy Knoles sits in the waiting room watching the clock it is now six O clock in the evening he has been sitting there all day while the doctors run tests on his mother. Everytime a nurse walks by he nearly loses it he has never been so worked up in his life. A nurse eventually comes over to him and asks him to come with her. They walk the halls passing several rooms most rooms had people in them for minor injuries, or are there for observation. They come to a room were the nurse leads Jimmy inside. Once the nurse walks into the room she goes over to replace the IV. There is his mother in a gown, and hooked up to machines. She smiles at him; her face is now offset by her wondering eyes. When he looks at her face he nearly throws up. She almost looks exactly like the pony from that story. A doctor walks in with a clipboard.

"Good evening Mrs. Knoles! How are you feeling? Huh? Ah you must be Jimmy Knoles? Your mother told us a lot about you." says the doctor as he passes the clipboard over to the nurse.

"Yeah that's me. Tell me doctor what did you find?"

"Your mother has suffered from a severe stroke most likely caused by the high levels of stress. We are going to keep her for observation."

"But what's up with her eyes is she going to look like that forever?"

" The strabismus may be permanent we will just have to wait and see how she recovers."

Jimmy stays in the room for awhile watching his mother sleep peacefully from the anesthetics, but soon enough his hunger takes over, and he is forced to leave. When Jimmy gets to the cafeteria he orders a burger, and fries, and sits down. As he is eating an elderly man sits next to him with a tray of food in one hand and a laptop in the other. The elderly man is not a patient he is dressed in a black suit, and tie. The man smiles at Jimmy then starts to eat his meal. While the man eats his meal he turns on his computer. Jimmy prayed that he wouldn't hear the words that have been haunting him these past couple of days. Instead of hearing those words he hears something else.

"Damn it!" The man curses as his computer freezes. "Hey kid! Are you any good with computers? This piece of crap keeps freezing on me."

"yeah I can fix that here let me see." The man passes the laptop over to Jimmy who opens up the programming, and starts to fix several bugs, and errors that plague the computer. It only takes him a couple of minutes before he hands the computer back to the man. "Here you go. I went ahead and updated your computer while I was at it. You won't have any problems with it."

"Thanks young man. I swear these things will be the death of me. The name is Jack." Jack offers his hand to which Jimmy grabs

"Jimmy." Just as Jimmy lets go of Jack's hand; Jack pushes the laptop back over to Jimmy.

"Why don't you go ahead, and barrow this you look like you could use a distraction." says Jack with a withered smile.

"Thanks Jack." Jack just smiles as he goes to eating his food. Jimmy goes online already knowing exactly what he was going to be doing. One by one he goes back to each individual writer that he has ever insulted and apologizes. It takes several hours but eventually he reaches the last person that he insulted the person that has been toying with him ever since. Just as he is about to start typing the lights begin to flicker and go out for a few seconds before the back up generator kicks on. He then loses his internet connection.

A nurse comes into the cafeteria. " Excuse me ladies and gentlemen, but I have some bad news. Apparently we are under a severe thunderstorm watch through the night. So we are going to make some beds for you in the waiting room ok."

Some people groan at the sound of being told that they would be staying the night. While others just get up and go to see their loved ones. Jimmy hands back the laptop to Jack and bids him farewell. As Jimmy heads back to his mother's room he passes a little girl in a yellow dress. He sees that see is drawing a grey Pegasus with yellow eyes. Jimmy lowers his gaze as he walks past her, but stops when she starts to sing.

"Don't you ever laugh as the hearse goes by,

For you may be the next one to die.

They wrap you up in big white sheets

and cover you from head to feet.

They put you in a big black box

And cover you with dirt and rocks.

All goes well for about a week,

Until your coffin begins to leak.

The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,

The worms play pinochle on your snout,

They eat your eyes, they eat your nose,

They eat the jelly between your toes.

A big green worm with rolling eyes

Crawls in your stomach and out your sides.

Your stomach turns a slimy green,

And pus pours out like whipping cream.

You'll spread it on a slice of bread,

And that's what you eat when you are dead."

"The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,

The worms play pinochle on your snout.

A big black bug with two red eyes,

crawls up through your stomach and out through your eyes.

Your liver turns to a slimy green,

And looks and tastes like whipped cream."

"And the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,

They crawl all over your dirty snout.

Your chest caves in, your eyes pop out,

And your brain turns to sauerkraut.

They invite their friends and their friends too,

They all come down to chew on you.

And this is what it is to die,

I hope you had a nice goodbye.

Did you ever think as a hearse goes by,

That you may be the next to die?

And your eyes fall out, and your teeth decay,

And that is the end of a perfect day"

A cold chill runs down his spine remembering that the Pegasus was singing that song in his dream last night. He turns back to look at the little girl she is just coloring and singing that song over and over. Now thoroughly freaked out Jimmy increases his pace to a jog. As he turns the corner an explosive thunder crash shakes the building rattling his teeth. The sudden shock makes Jimmy lose his footing and he slams his head against the floor. His vision begins to blur before he blacks out.

Jimmy wakes up in a bed his head is throbbing where he landed. As he looks around the room he jumps when he sees the little girl standing right next to the bed staring at him with her big brown eyes. The little girl chuckles as she starts to mimic an airplane whizzing around the room. Jimmy is even more surprised when Jack came walking into the room. The little girl goes and wraps herself around Jack's leg.

"Nice to see you again Jimmy. I see you've met my grand daughter Nicole." Nicole turns her head towards Jimmy and smiles.

"Ah nice to meet you Nicole."

Nicole nods and starts to buzz around the room again flapping her arms like wings.

"Flap, flap, flap I'm a Pegasus." Nicole laughs as she pretends.

" She likes ponies and flying."

"No...problem." Jimmy chokes on his words as she starts to sing again.

"The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,

The worms play pinochle on your snout.

A big black bug with two red eyes,

crawls up through your stomach and out through your eyes.

Your liver turns to a slimy green,

And looks and tastes like whipped cream."

"She really likes that song. Sorry if it's a little morbid for a hospital."

"Where did she learn it?" Jimmy asks as he watches her buzz around the room singing.

"I'm a mortician and it is a song that a lot of morticians sing when they're alone."

"Oh." Jimmy's face grows pale at those words.Nicole runs back up to Jimmy, and smiles at him as she wriggles her fingers like worms.

"Time to go back to our room Nicole. Nice to see you again Jimmy." says Jack as he looks at the clock

"Bye, bye." Nicole runs out the room singing the song again.

Jimmy waves at the two of them as they leave the room, but once he is alone he clenches his chest and exhales. Jimmy looks at the clock it was almost eleven thirty; too late to be running about with a head injury. Jimmy sits back and closes his eyes. He will check on his mom tomorrow.

Author's Note

Song is:
The Hearse Song full version (again)