Latex gloves. Cotton
swabs. Antiseptic. What would
MacGyver create?
The doctor will be with you shortly
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Category Archives: illness
In the doctor’s office
Perched on the exam
table like a rib roast on
white butcher paper.
Headache
A mouse burrowing
deep, it peers out but can’t be
caught with eyes open.
Hoarders
Invested with deep
meaning, treasures buried by
trash. Dust, dirt their shroud.
Laptop
An adult blankie.
To take one from its owner
will make grown men cry.
Why I need to sleep
When I stay up late
my thoughts move oddly like lab
mice stunted by drugs.
Insomnia bordering on insanity
Night winds roar like a
giant parent screaming “Go
to sleep!” without words.
What a bargain
Shopped a membership
warehouse store today. Got six
years’ worth of ketchup.
Back pain
Hunched and hobbling I
move as if years older, a
taste of what’s to come.
In memoriam: Mrs. G
Now that the snow is
gone, her neglected garden
pokes up stalks of loss.
