Long Orthopedic Poems

Convalescence of Richard McGeehan

Spouse of my eldest sister
marital bond fixed in place
strong as mortise and tenon,
he hales of hearty Irish stock
genes of said septuagenarian
analogous to pith and marrow
wrought courtesy divine providence.

At present aforementioned brother in...

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There is no doubt in my mind
in going to faith healers to heal
what ails me and be better faster.
Is it my faith or the faith healers?
Or both, that is the question?

However, there is no question...

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Time, night, and sleep, I could not tell,
For down on the bathroom tiles, I fell
I hit my head but not so bad,
My hand, my muse screeched “are you mad, 
What have you done”, confused, in...

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Fifty-one autumns ago on a vibrant blue sky morn,
I was running in my high school girl's cross-country
race in Bethpage Park, Long Island, N.Y.,
as many ponytails bounced under canopies of
red, orange, yellow leaves on the runner's...

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THIS IS WHAT HAPPEN TO ME ON JANUARY 29, 2018 
I WAS WALKING UP 60th SREET FROM MY HOUSE THAN 
I TRIP OVER A PICE OF BROKEN CRACK CONCRETE SIDEWALK AND I FALL WITH MY...

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As a kid, I had a brilliant plan— 
 Become a dentist! Be The Man! 
 White coat, big bucks, drills that whir... 
 Then I saw my cousin’s clinic—Brrr! 
 The smell alone could...

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AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY MANY CHANGES OCCUR FOR ME IT WAS COPING WITH ANXIETY VERTIGO ATTACK WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE ALWAYS ON A LEDGE FINALLY THE GROUND COMES UP TO MEET YOU THERE...

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She strains to find her footing in orthopedic shoes
       my grandmother's clop-clop walk to me
       unbalanced 
      ...

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He walked into my office, business in hand,
In denim baggy overalls, a plaid shirt, white painters cap, 
and grandpa's old white leather orthopedic shoes.
If I ever get to the ripe old age of 88,
I want...

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I walked into the club on a Saturday
Just had myself sometime to kill
I took my chance offering some romance
To a beautiful Angel I can see her still

The place didn’t have much to offer
I think it...

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This is the real world
 expressed in the form of several days
 worth or ghost writing.
 Kowloon: The Walled City of Imagination; cosmetic dentistry; 
 REASONS TO STOP THUMB SUCKING;
 New York's most iconic photograph;...

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i am dizzy right now and i am unable to be able
i simply refuse to reestablish my common sense
i choose stubbornness and it has now caused me mad pain
maybe i will grab my sweety's throw...

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Hallux rigidus at the first metatarsophanlangeal joint

Old woman's shoes suggested by the orthopedic surgeon_____

                     ...

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Orthopedic shoes
A life time of paying dues
Engaging pity need no ones help
It’s useless to choose
More winning than lose
What have we too done
Stop watching me run
Engaging pity need no ones help
Stop pitying me
Stop engaging me in...

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New update, November 15, 2022

 

Caleb saw the orthopedic surgeon today. He said that he did not break his femur, but the patella(kneecap) dislocated but went back in place, there is bruising, and possibly torn...

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