Long Under the knife Poems

Ongepatshket torqued skewed reflection

drawn courtesy lots of byte size chalk.

When e'er I summon fat chance
to empower me self with courage 
and steal a passing glance
in the mirror then instantaneously 
hairline fractures appear
than 'afore long 
snap,...

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My days were numbered from the very start
I fought for every breath due to my heart
My PDA closing I started to gasp
Just trying to breathe became such a task

The medicines they worked for a couple...

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Gray sky’s warm tear drops sad heart 


Why do I cry on sight of a blue moon?


There are no flowers to soon to bloom


When is the sun going to shine? 


 Cloudy days bring rain...

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It was two days before Christmas
Joe feared for his life
He had clearly forgotten
A gift for his wife

He sat on his bar stool
An ache in his heart
As he pondered his route
To the nearest Wal-Mart

He waved to...

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and suddenly all bets are off---
wondering how it all summed up itself in such a way
as if the body would last forever, as if this thing that exists
to cart your sorry ass around 
would stand...

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Others, and my children, wanted to understand the meaning of life.
As I’d recently had surgery number 7, yes, gone under the knife.
It’s simple, you see… And it’s not so very hard to believe… 
I once...

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I called for my dearest oldest friend, on my death bed as I was reaching the end.
I said... “Before I am laid to rest, I need to get a few things off my chest.
And when...

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I relaxed on the couch to feel at ease, 
the psychiatrist sat across from me.
This wasn’t any normal physician- 
He was my subconscious personified.

A flow of panic surged through my body-
Beads of sweat slowly trailed...

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It was a movement 70 million strong
So the CCP decided to annihilate Falun Gong
You wouldn’t think the movement was much of a threat
It was non-political, but its doom was set.

Normally a good thing – new...

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Jellyfish! Who could have named you
other than a creature structured
by a cage of bone?

Opaque but transparent
your arrested evolution
lives in an alien perfection.

You abide inside the sea, yet billowing that sea
through your bald, bladder body.
Propelled by...

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Many people look into the mirror,
and only see their imperfections...
I have mine and laugh about them; 
when famous people go under the knife,
surgeons get rich and to them they bow.


Why perfection is so sought after...

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Then:

naïve, sheltered, shy
what i thought
   i wanted to be -
an archeologist, Barbizon model (no proclivity),
a writer, a psychologist, a mom, a wife

Now:

brazen, talkative, traveller, open
   what i am -
a Christian, a...

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Last few years 
I had so many fears.
Tears
I knew I was dying.
To myself I was not lying.
Dying alone made me afraid
In my brain I stayed 
Life is good
Must be understood 
I had to learn faith...

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Battle lines are drawn with no word uttered to act,
just a couple of simple emotions pain and loss fuel  this fact.
Bloodshed on the people we thought we could trust,
but now we know this is...

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FATTY MOUTH
When I was a kid I used to scare other kids.                       ...

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It is hard to express the gratitude that I have for my mom
She raised me most of my life as a single mother
Then she married a wonderful man who raised me as his own
Together we...

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When e'er i chance
     to steel a passing glance
     in the mirror hairline fractures appear
than 'afore long
 
     snap, crackle, pop
  ...

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Dear Miss Monkey Manners, I’m in need of your advice,
My boyfriend is a swinger and he isn’t very nice.
I’m a Proboscis Monkey so I exhibit a very prominent schnoz.
And the proposition that he put to...

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There was a Homeless guy on the corner holding a sign
It said I need some help, I'm running out of time

So I stopped and asked him, how come and why
He told me he has cancer...

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Dear POETRYSOUP, Hope this finds YOU and YOURS Healthy and High in the Spirit. I Thank-YOU for YOUR Prayers,Hugs,and well Wishes. A Very Special Thanks to Eileen Ghali
Gail Angel Doyle, Colleen Bono, Light and LOVE...

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Swamped within my disbelief, alright
Tides have changed too quick for me to see
My socks are soaked and clinging to my skin
Next moment, they're threadbare and they're dry
Just can't predict

Another moment, another funeral
Under the knife, another...

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A Marine
By Joeysguy

This fellow at the age of twenty 
A Marine he became to be 

He was no different than any other Marine
He stood proud, he stood tall and he was lean  

He vowed...

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“First I was afraid, I was petrified…
I WILL SURVIVE”

I can still hear those words going through my head…


Cancer
We don’t know how long you had been lurking 
But like a silent thief in the night you...

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So as not to come under the scrutiny of an oncologist,
Each six months to check my moles I visit my dermatologist!
His exam is as thorough as that of an investigative criminologist.
Sometimes he'll take a biopsy...

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Traumatized the dramatic impact of my own weary life
Short-wired brain activity need to be put under the knife
How to believe in the entity that now controls my mind
Lost somewhere in between seeing nothing but not...

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