cheesy grits no bread
glass jelly jars for milk cups
sausage choking child Heimlich
Bussing immigrants to high-end neighborhoods makes immigration status worse. After an Ecuadorian women gave Heimlich to a man choking on a Scampi, she was once again bussed elsewhere without a single thank you. People in these areas reported people being saved by these immigrants. FYI: everyone in America are immigrants
It was work week in boot camp. I had a bad cold.
I was working with two sailors, preparing desserts.
I ate a cherry off one dessert.
CHERRY CHOKEHOLD
the cherry chokehold
acute asphyxiation
black curtain climax
i’m fascinated
unexpectedly unafraid
heimlich births
a hapless cough
i return to my barracks
my life saved
my hero unnamed
unappreciated
many years later
it sinks in
and I routinely
ask God
to bless her
4/25/2022
Near Death Experience
Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke
Hiding in the bushes he waits to pounce,
he enjoys Goobers and Gobstoppers, right to the very last ounce.
He might settle for a Snickers or even a Kit Kat,
he’s black, shiny and sneaky this Halloween Cat.
He may cross your path and give you quite a fright,
but he just wants your candy on this October night.
This Halloween Kitty is surely not a joke,
he even knows the Heimlich just in case you should choke.
Please don’t mistake his kindness for weakness my friend,
he seeks to get your treats before this night’s end.
Take heed and beware of this Halloween Kitten,
he can see through your bag and with chocolate he’s smitten.
October 12, 2020
Halloween Meow Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke
A baby cries, why cause it has no voice yet;
No intellectual communication skill it…
Seems to bother us so
And the screams and hollering, woos…
Moving on
Crying long
Melancholy
Moving on
Crying so
Speak the words
You do not know
Such a mess
Has no voice yet
At a restaurant there’s a patron
Got his arms and hands crossed
In distress, choking off an object
Moving on
Can’t talk now
Melancholy
Grasping so
Can’t speak any words
Choking you know
Such a mess
Needs someone to perform the Heimlich
Human cries, why cause it has no voice yet;
People die too soon, why? Because of sins nature
And humanity bad choices
They are speaking with the wrong voices
3/12/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©
Bumped into a friend
just yesterday
I was driving my car
and she got in the way
She said nothing was broken
the impact was minor
Mostly bruises and cuts
and a pretty good shiner
I took her to breakfast
and told her a joke
She was laughing so hard
she started to choke
I gave her the Heimlich
and then she was fine
While everyone cheered
we continued to dine
I finished my eggs
plus her corned beef hash
She picked up the check
since I don't carry cash
Then we took a ride
when I got a flat
She changed the tire
while watching, I sat
We went to the park
to her favorite thing
where she asked me to push
while she rode on the swing
But careless was she
as she went too high
and flew off the seat
up into the sky
And then she came down
right onto a bush
full of prickly thorns
straight into her tush
To the hospital entrance
I gave her a lift
and away from my car
she limped fairly swift
But before that she said
(if you'll pardon these rhymes)
"Whenever we meet
it's just like old times"
Mike Wise
10-21-19
A Fine Way To Dine – No Reservations Needed
Death comes to all who wait
In line for hours to be seated
Eating solid food at cafe Heimlich
Can be a challenge for the living
A place of distinction for extinction
Also a maneuver highly recommended
Breathing is way overrated there
For those interested in projectiles
Shot from the mouth at high velocity
Some one forgot to swallow properly
The brain protects us from ourselves
Is there a doctor in the house cafe
Or a person of interest
Death is something that happens once
To “other people” who wear sneakers
Then chew their food like savages
So wear shoes without laces at restaurants
Proper attire is required at all times
You never know what will happen in life
Keep your mouth shut or insects will fly in
Dinning out can be hazardous to your health
Cafe Heimlich is open at all hours
If you can find the time to die
Death tried to snatch my young life several years ago.
He came uninvited, and gave an ominous hello.
My husband and I were having dinner on a warm summer night,
Then something happened to give us both quite a fright.
Steak became lodged in my throat in the blink of an eye,
And I was close to kissing this world good-bye.
I could not swallow or speak, but was cool and collected.
It was my husband that was so alarmed and severely affected.
With no instruction he did the Heimlich Maneuver to no avail.
Minutes went by, with Death stalking me, about to unveil.
He was frantically crying and yelling, “Come on, don’t do this!”
But I began to pass out, and go into the final abyss.
I remember thinking, “This is how I am going to die…”
And I prayed for mercy on my soul from the Man on high.
As I went limp, my husband again desperately tried,
Then it finally came dislodged, and Death escaped his bride.
We were both shaken to know that Death had been so near.
My husband had saved my life… that was crystal clear.
We sat on the porch close, and thanked God for His grace,
Knowing His Guardian Angel had visited our humble place.
He choked and died quick
No one there knew the Heimlich
Physician and friend
in a moment of true tragedy
when reaching, grasping for anything
to stop the blood from gushing
to hold the bone so that it will not tear
permanent damage &
the first person to discover just what has happened
may flee the scene because they don’t want to be involved
or they just don’t have the time
in the busy life they chose,
there eventually arrives a kind face,
that is, if you are reading this, as i am writing this,
someone, somewhere along the way
regarded the situation in which our own ability to fend for
ourselves, being hindered (with an open-ended time frame),
was one in which they could in fact be involved &
they did have the time
in their own busy life
to at least drag our bleeding selves from the street to the curb
or to heave with the heimlich &
though such an instant may be fleeting &
though such a face may never be seen again,
one is left with the want that they may some day
get to personally thank such a face---
pure & simple.
In times like this it’s pertinent to stroke the longest cord
for hummer is impertinent and seldom brings discord.
Each slippery politician who runs yelling, “Come on Board!”
is asking for some hummer from constituents lapboards.
He wants them on their knees paying, for taxing fills his hoard
Just a little hummer raises bundles and gets Johnny Boys accord.
And, if you think it just ain’t right to make a joke of Nancy*
then let me tell you baby, your hummers just not fancy!
Hell, you have to laugh at what they say, and their fancy stroking
for if you took them seriously, even Heimlich would be choking!
So, just remember next time your party yells "Come on Board!"
that if you do, you must expect the meaning is untoward.
*Nancy / Nancy boy - It is the opposite of being hard.
In cold weather a nancy boy would dress up in a coat,
hat, gloves and scarf and a hard guy would wear a t-shirt.
*hummer a slang word for a type of sex
** humour/hummer it's a play on words