Short Concussions Poems

slipping
   when the wallpaper walks
   and the floor
   pulls the wind out of you



*saccades: a rapid movement of the eye between fixation points
  (impaired, as with concussions, causes vertigo, anxiety, fatigue)...

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Physician’s convictions to poison their patients,
Procedures with Ether, cold X-Ray stations 
A thousand scans in milligrams, 
Lobotomies and Amputations…
 
Surgeries to transform me, 
Imperfections to augment 
Blood Transfusions, concussions, contusions- 
For just a small improvement!...

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M o T e L


Blinking from my bedroom
Streets filled with unknown endings
    The world outside screaming neon questions
Behind dirty sheets and peeling paint
    Gasoline scents the air with turquoise perfume
Butterflies dance in my head from too many concussions
    Sirens wail at midnight, selling news print by day
Friends pass by whispering,  only ringing in my ears
    In the distance…still blinking

                               M o T e L...

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Bottom of Totem Pole

Oh my gosh and do bless my soul
Someone is at bottom of totem pole
Then try to control way they vote
Making them become a scapegoat.

Are always rocks and a hard place
To find each difficulty we must face
All the obstacles and obstructions
Can possibly result in concussions. 

So after much further inspection
We should go in a new direction
Follow two points with persistence
Straight line is the shortest distance.

Jim Horn...

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