Health Scary Poems

In the webbed corners of my brain 
There blooms a sinister flower 
Its petals dripping with venom 
 And thick roots entwined with despair 

Begins...

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        again, violently

the room suddenly appeared

  saving me from my dream




 




...

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My mental notes are like those from a psychologist
Full of monologues and constant wars between myself
Cause most times I'm undecided whether to take the high
For...

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I run around in circles -
desperately looking for light.

Another spear is thrown-
but I can't see.. it's hard to fight.

My words are carved right out of...

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I had a happy childhood at first
Yeah I played with dolls to a tragic
Extent. It was a dream of some
Type of female existence.  I...

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Taking a walk, 
On a lonely path,
It’s past the twilight clock,
The ambience is a panacea for sombre health.

I hear footsteps,
Turned around to see who followed,
No...

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There is a pain in my chest.
I'm breathing heavily.
Lord this can't be it.
My soul never paid its levy.
I'm about to lose my mind.
I'm running out...

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CORONA VIRUS BLUES

I don’t know about you
What are we supposed to do?
What we’re going through is completely new
The toilet paper has disappeared
What is going on...

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This poem is dedicated to my therapists
Ryan, Russell, Ken and Rafael. 
This is a true story.

Where did it all go wrong,
A simple fall led me...

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Bring on the pain
	For I have seen my misspent ways
Bring own the Rain
	So I can let it wash me away
Bring on the insane
	So As I...

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I'm going to dermatology,
They will push a needle in.
They will cut me with a scalpel
To cut away some skin.
She told me not to worry,
It's just...

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Towering 
factories, 
arcane, 
silhouetted against
a violet dark sky
bruised lead-gray 
clouds tumble.
heavens heavy in 
thunder and lightning 
turn in arcane patterns
of oblique, obsolete 
across facades of...

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Farmer Fred threw back his head.
Lifting his voice to heaven he said:
“Just where did it go,
The mind of old Joe.”
A sad stage stooge with a...

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Masked shoppers shouting hello
Who's that? I don't know
Is this the new normal?

Date nights with netflix
Sharing a bag of sunkist
Is this the new normal?

Al a cart...

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Poems about the Coronavirus II


This World's Joy
(anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 14th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Winter awakens all my care
as leafless...

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