whispers

you whisper into her
ear, honey,
my arm hurts.
I think it
fell asleep.
what, she says,
not now, maybe later,
i'm
watching tv.
my arm, it hurts,
it's gone
numb, I tell her, trying
to pull it out
from under her
back.
you're lying on top
of it.
I've lost
all feeling in my
hand,
my arm.
shhhh, she says,
this is the good part.