Short Sclerosis Poems

Sclerosis and Viagra-  they are a foe,
Don't try to have  them both.
Erection is  iron, no doubt, of course, 
But - you cannot remember what for!...

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Amigdala cells perished by apoptosis,
Sommer's sector succumbed to sclerosis,
Limbic system exists 
In drug-induced bliss...
"You are doomed-
 That's your long-term prognosis"...

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Sense of love you realize,
When lose the most special,
From your life;
Moments of tormenting wait,
Torturing loneliness;
Solicitous to rejoining close,
Sclerosis moments breath,
Teach the real meaning of love;

© Sadashivan Nair...

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Memory Loss
Urinary problems
Losing vision
Thinking difficulties
Individual weakness
Painful moments
Losing balance
Extreme fatigue

Stress induced
Coordination problems
Life altering
Emotional rollercoaster
Reduced strength
Over reacting
Smell sensitivity
Irritable feelings
Suffering daily...

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Many people don’t
Understand all the
Limitations we face.
These affect each
Individual differently yet
People continue to
Laugh when we
Experience “MS Moments”

Some moments like:
Cognitive and memory
Loss along with
Extreme fatigue can
Ruin plans with
Others because even
Stress can make
Individuals with MS
Suffer a relapse...

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Poker face attempted
pretense at being calm
Speech also pre-empted -
stuttering with aplomb.

What I should have said was...
I mean, I really meant...
You see, I didn't see...
Who'd have thought that she was

Classic diagnosis
it's foot-in-mouth disease
a verbal sclerosis
sometimes called, greenhorn-ese

There is no known antidote
no medical solution.
Bandage which has my vote -
lessons in elocution.

4...

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We've heard of ALS
as "Lou Gehrig's disease"
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
a cause to pray on our knees

But Lou Gehrig felt he was
"the luckiest man on earth"*
the Yankees, and his wife
the main reasons for mirth

Thankful for his life
though with illness cut short**
at ease in his disease
what an awfully good sport


(* regarding his farewell speech at Yankee stadium
** like in the Principle and Foundation of St. Ignatius of Loyola!) :)...

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the parking lot of a CVS
two minutes from your house
the backseat of a four door sedan

your sister starts to shake against the door
heaving, sniffling sobs
her breath fogs against the glass
exhale exhale exhale

we should go home he says eventually
the girls are upset
you have never seen him cry before

in bed you pull the sheet over your head
and smear tears across the backs of your hands

the phone screen is too bright
2-5 years the internet says
there is no cure...

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It’s midnight in New York
and in this tall building 
Herb and Molly are 
in bed making love.
Molly is a virgin
and it hurts.
Olga’s upstairs
in bed with cancer
terminal and it hurts.
Melvin’s downstairs 
in bed snoring.
Nothing hurts because
he doesn’t know yet 
he has multiple sclerosis.
In the hallway a thief
goes floor to floor
trying door knobs
hoping one will open.
All the doors are locked, 
chained and bolted.
Everyone is safe.
No one can get in.


Donal Mahoney...

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