Short Meniscus Poems

"meniscus"


the water strider disciple

no doubt believes

he's jesus...

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Pink unicorn who is shaved and shorn
Was born in the land of yellow candy corn.
She adorns herself with purple ribbons proudly worn.
A torn meniscus and ACL makes her blue and forlorn.
Peach morning brings hope to lovely pink unicorn.
Matterhorn black magic in land of candy corn
Completely heals up the sweet Pink unicorn...

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The  blank paper  blatantly  lies  on my  desk, 
Querulously  staring  at me, 
Seemingly  not  getting  far  enough  fast  enough, 
Distinctly  posing  as a scratch and  sniff. 

My  itchy  pen  lying  beside the  paper, 
Full  of  words  and  raring  to  go, 
The  meniscus  not  showing  even  an  ounce  of movement, 
I  can hear the  hidden voices in  the  ink....

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let's play the 
plate tectonics
game

slipping under 
your shelf
riding

your meniscus
kissing your
O'Keefe labia

lily lips
speaking
in tongues

glossalalia
made me say
it

i'm still
a primitive
man making

grunts and using
hand charade 
gestures 

a jester 
shaking
his baubles

causing
my volcano
to blow

washing 
you away with
tsunami waves...

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Depth of a bruised sea
rising from the surface
overwhelms the dumb shore

shining
for impossible tomorrow
golden sand, the locked door.

History repeats amnesia
for a depressed meniscus
shifts the nameplate.

Here was laid the image of
priestlees god of dusty face 
small dreams.

The book remains incomplete
who wrote the contents
for blank pages?


SATISH VERMA...

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Depth of a bruised sea
rising from the surface
overwhelms the dumb shore

shining
for impossible tomorrow
golden sand, the locked door.

History repeats amnesia
for a depressed meniscus
shifts the nameplate.

Here was laid the image of
priestless god of dusty face
small dreams .

The book remains incomplete
who wrote the contents
for blank pages ?


SATISH VERMA...

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Ties

The squealing of
the glowing ties in 
my bottom chest drawer,
 ties I seldom wear and 
definitely don’t think 
much about, spreads in 
my knee to 
affect the 
lateral collateral and 
medial collateral ligament; affect the 
lateral and 
medial meniscus; of course too 
affect my 
patella, femur, fibula, and 
finally tibia. As a consequence, there are 
days and nights I can’t 
walk and 
I can’t 
thank them all enough!
...

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I stepped back onto the back of the chair, not the seat.
Began screaming when I realized I was going down hard.
My foot landed in six different directions.
I yelled “Get the boss! Get co-workers! Get everybody!”

Ambulance came to get me. EMTs were very nice.
Gave me medication that kept me from going into shock.
I had torn my meniscus, and my ACL and I had bruised a leg bone.
Valium and morphine got me through it; I was singing songs now....

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I will win this race I think forgetting that my body does not run.
I will dance my jeans off I believe forgetting I have a torn meniscus.
I will do a double triple quadruple skate move at the Olympics I brag.
My ankles groan, they are filled with arthritis now.

I will climb that mountain so high!
My lungs laugh, reminding me of our asthma
I will win all the marathons in the continental USA
Unless this frumpy dumpy flesh body holds me back....

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I have five hobbies
Do them all day long now that I am retired
Cartooning, painting, poetry
Tv binge watching
Playing with my dogs
I used to garden
But my knees won’t bend any more
I swam and played racquetball in my youth
Those days are gone
Falling down is one of my biggest fears
Since I tore my ACL and meniscus
I have two big-butted dogs
I use a walker so they do not knock me down
Being old is not like being young
Do what you can now, while you still have a body...

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