Short Treatable Poems

my hair is falling out 
on legs, with bold spots 
my jaw is popping and clicking
no it won't be long now
the boil are treatable
but no one treats them 
it won't be long now...

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The beginning of being dismissed. 

Starts with a journey of examining the possibilities. 

But there is a false sense of welcoming. 

Soon, we are ruling out what is treatable. 

So that I am transforming into a burden. 

So that I am grasping at the possibilities that they are locking away. 

Just as I am locked away in this waiting room....

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My body builds up too much iron;
My wife’s blood, not enough.
We tired of going to all those docs;
At night, we just hook up.


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*A fairly common (1:200) condition known as hemochromatosis results in iron being stored in various organs, including the liver. Undetected, it can cause serious health issues, but it is readily treatable....

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Now that I walk this life
I've never felt so much alive
With you am so less alike
Unlike you am less agile 

But it's your wings I watch now in awe
When you fly you seem so much at ease

I admire your new look
I want to read your book
I want to be with you by a hook
Am getting a bigger flow, no more a brook

Because as I watch you I want to hold that miracle
That makes all your flaws treatable...

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