Iodine Poems

The Castle of Sand, Lyrics

...This is what some will say 
You’ve crossed the line. Time out 
You’re rejected from the game  
You’re not coming back. So go hit the showers
Once cherished, baptized, and sublime 
Asinine. Never...

Codons of Contempt: A Crime Against Empathy

...
We came not for conquest,
but for containment—
though conquest is what happens
when containment itches beneath the skin
like sulfur spores in a sealed lung.

They had the secret.
Not gold, n...

A Charmed Life

...I am so lucky that my parents are adventurers
At three we went to Los Palmas and stayed there
until I was five living in a wonderful house with 
a flat roof that hosted our garden and I had a doll...

Corridors of Quiet Chaos

...
Blinding lights, the smell of chlorhexidine
Green colored scrubs, white coats and the strange red of povidone-iodine

A place where chaos and calm coexist as two sides of a coin
A realm where a...

pre-surgery

...pre-surgery

I have growth on my lower leg
which I bravely ignored till my wife
said I was smelling
It offended me, who showers every morning
I went to see my doctor, a woman in her
the sixtie...

James' Feminine

....

amin
amine (i'm losing it people...lol; it's pronounced amin)
lin 
line(can one imagine, english lit teacherz, instructing their students to draw a 'lin', down the center uv their note pads) ...

In the Grass

...Lush green; thin leaves; tiny veins; almost stem-less; soft;
These concepts creep into when I think of grass, oft;
Seldom do I think of what's with or in the grass,
I sit, lay, sleep, walk over th...

They Say Mushrooms Grow Best In the Dark

...
"They Say Mushrooms Grow Best in the Dark" 

Winter 
arrived after
The Darkness 

blew in 
with its boiling 
black clouds.

they say mushrooms 
grow best in the dark....

Goiter

...Little of no Vitamin C
And Scurvy is what you shall see;
The iodine-poor diet: Goiter
And it’d continue to loiter:
A lot of pulsing and bouncing
Like a ball for a team’s trouncing;
On one’s sad...

Do Not Try These At Home

...Going backward on my bicycle
   I leaned into the wind
and fell forward right on my noggin’ 

Getting up and brushing myself off
   I then attempted to walk on my elbows
Good thing I wear elbow...

While They'Re Bleeding

...While they’re bleeding
I may grant offers of support with a hint of a smirk as I remove the 
daggers and swords that have been placed in my back by 
friends, family or foe  
When I was down, I wa...

Kerouac After Twilight

...After twilight around that corner
City Lights show an alternative way
Sipping sour whiskey from chipped cups
In low sweaty cellars where frothy cats play
Shades under tilted black beat berry hats...

No Adjectives Please

...Everyone desires to enjoy food,
but we don't like food void of salt.
Salt is not only good for taste;
It is a nutrient required for life.

However, beware that salt can kill.
The oceans are fil...

Kindness and Resiliency

...children look forward, adults look around, elders look back

     looking back, I remember a long-forgotten accident I had. While riding my bicycle with no hands, I closed my eyes, daring myself fo...

Abortion Prayer 5

...Almighty Eternal God
I had a lump on my neck for a couple of years
 Seen a doctor and told me it can be a cancer if I don’t remove it
I’m pregnant and the problem is I cannot have surgery while pr...

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