Being In Pain

when you are in pain

being nice
is
not
a
possibility

especially 
if the person in pain
is 
me
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Wolf Avatar
August 4, 2020 at 5:53 PM
Ha, ha, ha! Brutally honest write. ~ Calvin Candor
Krutsinger Avatar
August 5, 2020 at 11:09 AM
I do try
Dietrich Avatar
August 4, 2020 at 4:17 PM
haha, I kind of get it ,but I still try to be nice through the pain. What have YOU got going on,, sweetie?
Krutsinger Avatar
August 4, 2020 at 5:13 PM
I perpetually have shingles. That's all but it has lasted 14 months and I get rather bristly now.
Bauer Avatar
August 4, 2020 at 1:58 PM
i hope you feel better immediately, caren! your poem is very true...
Krutsinger Avatar
August 4, 2020 at 5:14 PM
Thank you Ilene. I keep thinking if I ignore it - it will go away. Ha!
Romios Avatar
August 4, 2020 at 8:12 AM
I get you point! Ouch... Pangiexxx
Krutsinger Avatar
August 4, 2020 at 5:14 PM
I get yours too. Ha!
Rigoler Avatar
August 4, 2020 at 4:49 AM
Pain is a protection mechanism telling the body something is wrong. Only when it is intolerable is it a REAL pain! / M
Ermine Avatar
August 3, 2020 at 9:39 PM
... Watch out anybody who doesn't know...!
Krutsinger Avatar
August 4, 2020 at 5:14 PM
If they do not know, they really do NOT KNOW.
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