Long Cardiologist Poems

“22½ euros for a Martini,” Peter remarked, when he first scanned the menu.
“It’s not like we aren’t going to get them,” I said, “we’re not going to cheap our way to abstinence." The waiter came...

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There were four times that I recall.
I was home each time I fell to the floor.
I was also alone each time I fell, and three
of those times, immediately, I got up alone   ...

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"The Superlunary Heart" 

in dreams
we meet
the you 
in me 
the you
I am.

upon awaking,
we remember -

although, it is 
fair to say, some forget,
what the message 
or intent was, in it all,
whom it was, where we were
when...

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Heart Attack Self Help

A viral message of self help  is making its round through whatsapp..
Reportedly written by a cardiologist Dr Siva, a senior doctor of the heart…
It implores each reader to spare a mere...

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Although I was retired and full of energy,                           ...

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The beeper sounded, the heart beat stopped - we all knew what to do
Automatic reactions come into place - when life saving's down to you
Adrenaline now, and check his oxygen, we don’t want to damage...

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For 65 years, I had no need to be under the care of a doctor,                    ...

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For at least 60 seconds, my heart was racing, palpitating.
I was unaware of it, did not feel the racing, the stressing.
Furthermore, my doctor indicated that it had happened       ...

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A few weeks ago, about 9:00 AM
My head started aching; loss my vigor & vim
It’s didn’t let up; just got more intense
At midnight to the hospital I went

In the ER and seeking some relief
Had to...

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For 65 years, I had no need to be under the care of a doctor,
nor was I ever on prescription medication except for dental issues.
At 65, I went to see my assigned primary doctor, and...

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Do decimels count?  Exponentials?
Remember this crazy dude, I'll surely only get crazier as I age.
And I'm doing that fast.
Got some catchin' up to do.
The soap opera around me grows ever more bizarre.
And worrisome.
And I...

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I have this uneasiness, which I never had before.
Started from the central chest, now my left arm sore;
Beads of sweat now all over, though it isn’t hot
Should I wake up my wife and tell her...

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I fell ill.
My heart dilated.
I had a pain on Christmas Eve
where my heart should be. 
I remember because my sister 
called me from Australia.
I said "I have a pain in my chest Teresa."

I had dissolved...

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Miracle Man Tidbits
1/27/2024

At twenty-eight years I was told I had cancer,
and at this time it was like a death sentence.
I had accepted that death would be my answer,
but that was before Jesus saw my repentance.

Being...

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Synopsis Of A Miracle
Miracle Man
12/14/2021

Clinically I had died, 
I’m told Shock paddles hit my chest 7 times to bring me back.
I had surgery for spinal stenosis then 15 days later
 I spent 2 months in...

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I know
When I'm dead and gone
You will say I grocery shopped
And cooked pallet perfect dishes
And served you on silver platter
And perfumed our home
With love and care, just
As your closet, clothes, and shoes
Day in, day out...

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We praise the colorectal surgeon,
Misunderstood and much maligned;
Slaving away in the heart of darkness,
Working where the sun don't shine.

Let's call on the rectal surgeon,
It's a calling we could crave;
Lift up your hands and join us,
Let's...

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He: his best friend died years ago,
his heart attacked him in 
	     April,
left him for dead,
but he’d fought his way back with
		time and
an expert cardiologist.

She: used to feel cold, semi-homeless,
		needy
				nervous
always craved...

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Baby Baba

Wake up to Baby Baba,
He said every morning.
More like a lion than a lamb.
I tumble out of bed.
Oatmeal on the stove,
Brown sugar surpasses oatmeal,
You don't mind.

Your heart so big,
Hands so strong.
Two jobs at times,
To...

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Staying home

The virus is mowing down many people
mostly old ones, we old are only able to shop between
9 in the morning and to 11, after that we have to stay in.
Of course, we can go...

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My doctor said, "Take a pill and call me in the morning".
I'm no medic, but I think I took the wrong pill.

My wife said, "Learn to listen to your body and obey it".
I said, "I'm...

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A New Years Miracle
“My Story His Glory”
January 1st 2017 
Miracle Man thoughts for
October 31, 2020

A new years miracle that I’m recalling today,
It brings me little comfort recalling this time.
Although God’s mightiness was visibly on display,
clinically...

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The dermatologist
He was a big expansive man who had a Homeric laughter
when not shouting at nurses who loved him.
He performed surgery on me and warned the problem
would reappear in a few years; it did.
At sixty-five,...

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It Was Always In God’s Hands
By: Miracle Man
12-10-2022

Twas the day past Easter, when my Cardiologist came in.
Addressing me as Lazarus, prompted my tears to began.

Good morning Lazarus, was the greeting he gave.
For he’d recently witnessed,...

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Heart you are the destroyer
Heart you’re a killer
Why are you doing this to me?
Why don’t you do your functions? 
Stop to interfere with my other organs?

You are making a festival of diseases to my body
While...

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