Pink Eye
...“Out of my sight! Thou dost infect mine eyes.”
? William Shakespeare, Richard III
Why, oh why
I can’t lie
I let you get too close
And I got pink eye!
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Categories:
pink eye, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Pink eye
...In motion, we are unaware
Peaceful, drowsy; without a care
Life is not just a spark in space
Or episodes, lacking will & grace
Why don't we try to be the present in how we present ourselves?
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Categories:
pink eye, internet, introspection, life, perspective,
Form: Free verse
shingles pink eye and hives
...it is never a great day
to have pink eye or shingles or hives
Every time I get these maladies
it is an unhappy reminder that
today will not be a great day...
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Categories:
pink eye, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Cathy's Cat
...Half Alpaca, it spits if I dare kiss Cathy's ruby lips.
It plants a jacked-up rhubarb stalk,
a stiff stalking walk
if I dare roan hands over
my lovers compliance.
Cathy’s cat is much loved by ...
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Categories:
pink eye, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Eye Problems
...Here lies Anita Dye,
A lovely social butterfly,
Who caught pink eye
And died after a bout
With a miserable stye
written March 30, 2022...
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Categories:
pink eye, humor,
Form: Epitaph
We Kept the Coat As a Reminder
...We Kept the Coat as a Reminder
She was gloriously nondescript
Her eyes glazed over with a crusty face
Pink eye? We asked each other
None of us knowing
We are not doctors
She had a headache
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Categories:
pink eye, christian, jesus,
Form: Prose Poetry
A Colonoscopy Sounds Like Fun
...Tiger me growls, kicking the dog on the floor.
She yelps, giving me the “I love you no matter what” eyes.
That makes Tiger me mad, so she wakes up Trixie.
They start wrestling around, growling and...
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Categories:
pink eye, age,
Form: Free verse
Pink Eye
...brazen tulip tree
into the green eyes of spring
flashing her light pink...
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Categories:
pink eye, baptism, spring,
Form: Haiku
Eye Suppose
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The powers that be
show us
what they want us to see
But the whispering wizards
behind the veil,
all have an emerald poker tell
The froggy princes that lead
always gon spit
a ...
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Categories:
pink eye, body, identity, lust, spiritual,
Form: Elegy
Eye Suppose
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The white lie powers-that-be
want to pink eye me,
try to git me to walk around blindly
Pretending I don’t see
their yellow reign of abuse
cowardly pissing down on
us black-and-blue ...
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Categories:
pink eye, color, metaphor, spiritual, visionary,
Form: Verse
Sick
...I’m coughing and sneezing
I’m itching and wheezing
I have a headache and a rash
A scratch a burn a cut a gash
A pink eye and a stomach ache
My body’s barely staying awake
Twisted ankle, broken ...
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Categories:
pink eye, hilarious, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Two Sides of Color
...Who doesn't love a clear blue sky
But if you're blue, then you're sad
A blood red sun can bring a smile
But if you see red then you're mad
In the green means you have money
Green with envy wan...
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Categories:
pink eye, change, color, conflict, emotions,
Form: Quatrain
For My Mother
...A few months ago I went by the
cemetery where you lay
I have been meaning to stop in
but you know how life gets.
It was late September
chilly and overcast
the clouds were thick and
hung heavy abov...
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Categories:
pink eye, absence,
Form: Elegy
Fever Returns
...Death wil wash
the feet of truth.
Grass,where the blood spilled
has gone for sale.
A pink eye stalks
the night in dark
humility. You know
moon was rising.
A melting pot rips
apart the ghost.
Besott...
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Categories:
pink eye, art,
Form: ABC
Losing Something Important
...This raggedy pew has, I’m sure, seen many breakdowns and pleas. I grip it with both hands and stare at the stained red plush carpet under my worn converse, something that aren't exactly acceptable at...
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Categories:
pink eye, funeral, me, old, blue,
Form: Epic
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