Short Preventative Poems

The written word must be sourced from
an unconscious wellspring, for the
self-doubt of waking life is preventative of
even the most primitive forms of creative
expression. The written word lives upon the death of
the author, or at least upon his being beyond all
recognition....

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My scan was not “preventative;”
Instead it was “routine.”
Insurance will not pay it
If it’s somewhere in between.

But can someone please explain
How any X-ray, scan or test
Can be thought of as “routine?”
I think that this should be addressed.

Every dental check-up, mammogram
Or colonoscopy
Has a purpose – to prevent a problem
That might come to be.

So denying reimbursement
Seems a pure display of antics,
Swindling unsuspecting patients
By resorting to semantics....

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