Notorious Nattering Nabobs of Negativism
...Notorious Nattering Nabobs of Negativism
(And Other Hopeless, Hysterical Hypochondriacs of History)
They pretend to love freedom but hate non-white votes
and poor's access to health care (both c...
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Categories:
hypochondriacs, humor, political,
Form: Rhyme
College Bill
...I grew up with Phillip Jones who was our doctor’s son.
We built huts amongst the ti-tree and fired the odd slug gun.
We went through school together and we hung out up the street;
played footy and...
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Categories:
hypochondriacs, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Theater of Utter Charm Part 17
...Part 17
a kitchen drawer filled with throwaway lines
taped across the raw spots
itching festering inquiries eh inspector
asking the unavoidable
if we know how we got here
there's a better cha...
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Categories:
hypochondriacs, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Ill
...Sitting alone in the magazined room
Reading health trends at our local GP.
There was a group of eight, down and out,
Thinking there’s places we’d all rather be.
I hear my name, “Yes, this sho...
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Categories:
hypochondriacs, appreciation, health, people,
Form: Quatrain
Down the Line
...We take our health for granted
(Hypochondriacs aside)
Until good fortune and
The unavoidable collide.
For something’s bound to happen;
If it misses us in youth,
Then age will slow us down
S...
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Categories:
hypochondriacs, health,
Form: Rhyme
Sick Humour
...Living death ,hotel for hypochondriacs?
Where there are rarely empty beds
But some bodies may soon be.
Bright curtains are there for all
To screen their shame and pain,
Though the final curtain ...
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Categories:
hypochondriacs, dedication,
Form: Free verse