On Phantom Pain prelude
On Phantom Pain (Prelude)
When an illness
— such as blindess or dementia —
Descends…
Then
Which direction of the heart
Will you choose
To mark the rising vibrance
Of each new day’s stark,
Hopeful radiance…?
** This is the prelude to a poemstill in progress, describing/defining phantom pain.
(c) sally young eslinger 3/2024. See my blog
Thanks be to
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Categories:
amputation, feelings, god, health, heart,
Form: Free verse
In amputation, amputee a nation
NonsenseLiterature
In amputation, amputee a nation
Here we come! Here we are so! I woo thee!
In three we count and clutter, and toothless joyous, smiley me!
Giggling and stomping are they! Here they come! Brother keeper brethren herd! Feelings elation, rainbow, cuddly!
None knows why! Even though, they are in the hardest try! As it came along,
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Categories:
amputation, giggle,
Form: Rhyme
A Valentines Amputation
Today is the day of February 14th,
So I'm making this card and it may sound mean.
Let's rip off an arm and beat each other in the head,
So the love we share bleeds out our stumps bloody red.
Then throw them far and let Ryder go fetch,
I'm rotten and filthy and you are my beautiful wretch.
While we
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Categories:
amputation, art, caregiving, funny love,
Form: Rhyme
Arm Bilateral Amputation
Sociology and Psychology
What I had majored in college was sociology,
And followed up with a minor in psychology;
Wife went ballistics;
Also took statistics;
Now am extremely interested in epidemiology.
Public health appears to be a central issue
and tendency now. What causes chaos and
terrorism is also astounding. Terrorism is
not a religious but a cult movement. What
other cults exist in America
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Categories:
amputation, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Avoiding Amputation
I watched the sailfish spring from the sea
Had no wings, an enigma to me
Why in flight did it embark?
Pursuit by a great white shark
Its sail would soon be an amputee
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Categories:
amputation, animals, funny, sea
Form: Limerick
Amputation
The door shuts lightly behind me
soft click
metallic boundaries
I turn around to see,
that you are the one that closed it.
And I swallow
a storm.
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Categories:
amputation, passion,
Form: Free verse