Hypochondria
...I am numb to the days I feel better.
I am certain about my fate as time passes.
I am confused as I look back at the progression of symptoms.
I am peaceful when I try to plan for a long an...
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Categories:
hypochondria, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
A Letter To My Mother
...From dusk to dawn
Sunrise to sundown
This I will never forget
Your kisses that always left me in a comfort
And a bliss that no grief could ever secrete
A mile-wide-smile and sweet
That never...
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Categories:
hypochondria, cry, death, loss, lost
Form: Rhyme
Survival Is
...SURVIVAL
is feeling there is no point in getting up in the morning
showering getting dressed, what is the bloody point
but know that you have to.
is suppressing that nagging tickly cough, just ...
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Categories:
hypochondria, blessing, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Ken Thinks He's Crook
...I got a phone call from a mate of mine I hadn't seen for years,
and I could tell by his quivered voice that he was close to tears
so I asked Ken what is wrong then heard his voice that shook ,
“O...
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Categories:
hypochondria, humor,
Form: Rhyme
A Matter of Life and Death
...You often claimed you were unwell
Pure hypochondria - I could always tell
Because you lied
You’ve faked illnesses over many years
Googling symptoms brought crocodile tears
Because ...
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Categories:
hypochondria, conflict, family, health,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Labored Breathing
...“After obsessively Googling symptoms for four hours,
I discovered 'obsessively Googling symptoms' is a
symptom of hypochondria.” Stephen Colbert
LABORED BREATHING
cough is...
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Categories:
hypochondria, sick,
Form: Light Verse
Selected Lyrics From the Imaginary Invalid
... After graduating from UF, in the early '80s I wrote the book, lyrics and score for a musical adaptation of Moliere's farce Le Malade Imaginaire ("The Imaginary Invalid") and have decide...
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Categories:
hypochondria, funny, humorous, parody, satire,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Hypochondria
...On a wet drippy day in India
He got the irksome hypochondria
His crazy mind cued in to pee
He was a loony, he must be
Shuttling in throes of polyuria.
03rd May, 2018...
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Categories:
hypochondria, fun, funny,
Form: Limerick
Hypochondrial Illusion
...Hypochondrial Delusion
A mind corrupted canker
Of cystic self failure
Even gastric anorexia
And fluttery throb to alight the fear
An adrenaline generated tachycardia
That matches respiration
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Categories:
hypochondria, psychological,
Form: Blank verse
3-D Printout
...it ain't the gush of hot blood
or a madman’s teeth ripping open
a bag of chips and a microbrew
it is a clenched heart squeezed
by the age of steam
then left at the century's doorstep
following ...
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Categories:
hypochondria, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Mental Palinopsia
...The fireworks glaze the corners of my eyes
But I can't see, the bombs falling all around me
The rushing blood pumping through my legs
I can feel glaucoma coming with every scream
Graspi...
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Categories:
hypochondria, absence, anxiety, depression, fear,
Form: Free verse
Perfect
...Perfect! (Hypochondria?)
I’m not sick. I’m not ill. I’m not crazy.
There is nothing wrong with being perfect.
My mommy told me so.
"illness anxiety disorder" It’s just a label….Just a name
Like...
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Categories:
hypochondria, addiction, bird, crazy, environment,
Form: Free verse
No Answers
...I’m an old man, though not as old
as I was ten years ago
when I thought I would be dead by now;
that was hypochondria talking.
I have a friend, my best friend,
who's somewhat older...
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Categories:
hypochondria, friend,
Form: Free verse
Hyperchondria
...rown for a fit
Ahhhh, now -- inhale -- breathe again
that's better, s l o w e r...ok now
- sometimes bein' me is just a bane
but thanks, I'm better, recoupin' somehow
I'm gettin' back from this virile attack
© Goode Guy 2013-01-22
yeah I know it's spell'd "hypochondria"......
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Categories:
hypochondria, angst, health, me, me,
Form: Rhyme
Eating the Lotus
...Mr. Eli is such a nice guy,
his skin's a pretty Lilly white
'times when my placebo ain't workin'
my personal pill prescribing plight
generically i'm very uncommon
as i always fill the proprietary
M...
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Categories:
hypochondria, allegory, happiness, health, pain,
Form: Quatrain
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