On Falling From a Bicycle, Hitting One’s Head

[Harroldinho]

On Falling From a Bicycle, Hitting One’s Head
Hard and Waking to a Not Unkindly Caretaker
Named Jean-Marie

Violence has always been a friend (like mentioned above I like the assertion opening, sets the tone)
to France, where the wineglass was invented (makes me think of etiquette and manners/upper class. also is this supposed to mean something else, I see it being invented in Egypt/Italy)
based on how a neck without its head looks (contrasted with the line above this is a big jump to go dark like this. I am wondering if France - guillotine being associated with france connects to the line" without its head looks")
more or less like a young woman’s breast,(this actually reminds me of the painting "execution of lady jane grey" but that's british so not sure if referencing)
or so the story goes. I always want to ask,(kind of reminds me of and so it goes from Slaughterhouse five. )
What story? and Where does it go? but I know(transition lines it seems)
being clever gets you killed, and I enjoy my life.(curiosity killed the cat- I guess a cliche so maybe rephrase this)
I don’t want to be separated quite yet (the speaker doesn't want to die yet)
from the magic bean, the prune that stirs the drink. Amuse(transition line)
ma bouche, Napoleon—I think that’s Gertrude Stein. It might just be(I believe the narrator is maybe concussed/ the effects fo the head injury have them seeing deceased historical figures)
Joan Rivers though. There’s no way to be sure. If you’re blessed(transition line)
with a strong idea, never look it up.(ignorance is bliss?)
The facts too often prove it wrong, and then(Suffer with the truth or live happily in delusion?)
what can you do? You can’t just go on fucking anything(ending of this line leads into a good line break)
that pulls off leather. Once they take your blood(good line break. )
there’s no pretending you’re not sick.(transition line)
It was William Carlos who first called the hospital(OK, quoting spring and all opening line)
contagious, clocked its hallways white as pain,(simile is cliche for me and too plain unless I'm missing something)
as valium and sheep. It’s a barbaric business, nowhere(hospitals are businesses after all)
anyone should hurry. You take one step(transition line)
through those glass doors, the meter starts to run.(I think this represents returning back to reality/real life and being hit with life's challenges like dealing with payingfor the parking meter after you just almost died)

So apparently according to google Jean-Marie means ""God is gracious" and is a reference to the virgin mary. with the hallway being "white" I believe you are supposed to think of the narrator almost in heaven or at least close to it with them hallucinating all the historical figures, but then it says the meter starts to run, so they are just leaving the hospital. I think for me some of the cliche lines, like I mentioned above the "white as pain" simile and "being clever gets you killed" as well could be stronger. Nice job.