Long Emt Poems

Along a quiet river to nowhere were styx lean like broken crosses. The wind is gentle with a sent of quite decay or is that brimstone in these sinister currents, that spin! A black river...

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Anyone who wants to fight me all the time
committee meetings, board meetings.
Facing death was how they knew they were alive
or was it more about allocating resources
like yr Dad said.
It's hard to step outside what yr...

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Two fine films: The Lost City and Blood Diamond.
I joined Blood Diamond during a village massacre
and said to my wife A gun in every home.
Those devils would think twice
before razing the village and seizing the...

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These giant obtuse walls
these calculated architecture of impossible, impeccable accomplishment
How can I survive, they are bigger than me
shrouding me in a sense of what being Jack is
staring at a tall, magic beanstalk wanting to climb
wanting...

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Matthew 24:6 "You shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, but do not be alarmed...."

Currently Russia is doing much moire than casting  its covetous eyes upon Ukraine! It wants to invade it without...

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There is at least one USA politician in Congress that believes, "World War 111 is happening in Europe!" And yet the USA and the rest of NATO are offering no military support to Ukraine because...

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He awoke to the sound of the women working to prepare breakfast.He was so hungry he felt nausea welling up.Do you think I could have some more of that broth he asked.Not only was he...

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Brick stepped up on the curb, shaking his head,
" What a piece of junk" he should'a rode the horse"
Brick turned to see the trail of smoke being left
behind by Bill's car as he drove away...

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Brick had seen his share of hospitals 
and had been to Saint Cecelia's more than once,
on occasion, a perp would get banged up
you know, during an arrest... on occasion!

He was just waiting for the X-Ray...

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The car was checked out for I would have a hard day
Off to Alameda an investigation crossing over the bay
The car came to a halt in the middle of the bridge
I pull over and got...

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They tell me i'm crazy because i choose to sleep in my car, quickly they add up 
how much money i should be making.  to that i can only reply, in order to achieve...

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A chubby ambulance with blinking lights
Rolled up to the house next door
As if a stream of steady hurt
Had been screaming forevermore
Followed by a wailing dog
Where would his master go?
Followed by his live in whore
Taken in...

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He told me he doesn’t want to be alone
I’m torn because I want to be by myself 
But same time I want to be with him
It’s kind of selfish I know
To withhold this information 
But...

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With this psychosis, faces wear dark, angry stares,
   and all at once, chills travel up and down my spine.
      Transfixed, immobile, their stark leverage declares-
from fragment of my...

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A NOCTURNE FOR OUR MEDICAL HEROES
Literature is filled
With narratives of
Individual and collective
Acts of heroism.
The shining armor
Of righteous knights,
The Robin Hoods’
Of world history,
Bandolier draped chests,
Fighting a heartless
World that preys
Upon the powerless
Trapped in poverty.

We search the horizon
For...

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Dame Gravity

As a dear friend battles
nocturnal EMT home invasions,
fainting spells, falls, forgetfulness, 
fading like a plucked peony
my health guilt increases--

what right have I to two legs 
that hold me (today)
while others fold under the impact
of...

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Where are you going? The EMS workers are wondering
As a thousand screaming people run out 
The EMS is running in

What can we do to help? The EMS workers are asking
Helping each other triage, in every...

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Note:  Sundowning – Most commonly in Alzheimer and Dementia patients, Sundowning, is changes in behavior that get worse in late afternoon, evening and can even last all night.  Patients may be agitated, confused,...

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I am Nobody:
no name on my grave
in the Veterans’ Cemetery -- 

not even certain if all parts
match – those bombs really
had no personal objective when 
targeting and dispatched – 

Their bull’s eyes~ all Enemy.

I am...

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Before me, faces wear an angry stare,
   and chills now travel up and down my spine.
      Transfixed, immobile, my eyes soon declare
the people there had surely crossed death's...

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January has pocketed frosted dreams
Firmly tucked away, hidden under her black ice
Her treacherous blizzards torment the foolhardy
Many driving too fast on her hills should know better

In a heavily prayer-scented car
A risk-taking older cigar-smoking woman twirls...

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The collors go by
Flashing yellow, red and green
I suck in my breath
As I watch his death
It all happens so quickly 
In the middle of the highway
And it was seen
By me
I quickly pulled over 
For the...

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Christmas is a strange time of year. 

I remember when I slid into the intersection. 
I’m still alive, I’m still alive. 
The EMT told me to breathe. 
I did.
And that was that. 
I never drove...

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I was a paramedic for many years until a work injury put a stop to things and so this is a poem reflecting on my career



my blood was pouring into him
while his blood stuck
my feet...

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You were an amazing person.
Always at your best.
Determined to be above the rest.
I'm sorry you have left us.
Remembered always by that bright smile.
Admired by your colleagues.

At peace from strife, a star so bright.
Remembered!
Remain in our...

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