George, the head nurse in-charge of Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital, has a hard time slowing down or sitting still. He’s a song and dance man, a real crack up. He has a reputation for sensing when something’s wrong. He was my rock for three weeks as I learned to talk and walk again.
 
     George explains treatments,
     med charts, measures blood pressure,
     plucks guitar on break.
     After a lengthy commute,
     he’s back at his farm by 10.
   

      
         
   
  
* This a tanka prose form.
   A prose section is followed by a five-line tanka.
   Traditionally the tanka is in a 5-7-5-7-7 sequence 
   and the two parts need to refer to each other.