Pain Surgery Poems

I'll never forget the date, the nineteenth of November
It's etched firmly in my mind, and I'll always remember
It was the day that I had my...

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November light and colors stream in 
through the window
and I notice it, like in the eye of a storm,
a whirlwind that has included pain and...

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Leaving this World for Good (IFL)

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In 1996 I was living in DC
while serving as a diplomat
At the State Department
My wife was in the military
Serving as a major in San Antonio
...

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ODE TO CRUTCHES

I had a knee replacement so I needed help
I could not walk safely by myself
So, I was given two sturdy crutches
And once I...

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When they couldn't sedate me
And needed to cut strips of flesh
From my eyelid, I heard the sizzle
Smelled the scalpel burning as it sliced
And glimpsed the...

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Surgery 

After my morning shower, I noticed blood from my middle toe
(the one beside the big toe) I bent down the nail was loosened
I pulled...

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rotten molars unnerved her moribund hunger for living on

she extracted the pain with blunt scalpels pliers and hammer

damaged her smile as well but with the...

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The movers came to clean out my house,
And said to one another
“Let’s remove ALL the furniture!
The baby carriage and accessories
have served their purpose.
That old stuff...

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final curtain
by Michael R. Burch

what would u give
to simply not exist—
for a painless exit? 
he asked himself, uncertain.

then from behind
the hospital room curtain
a patient screamed—
"my...

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She was angry with the daughter!
Lost her temper with the father!
Nearly to death, kicked the cat!
Called her only son “a little prat”!

Family was surprised by...

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Oh, how greatly I suffer even though I know it's for a little while.
I take the meds which make me recover, but I feel more...

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Rehabilitation


Broken body, broken mind, broken heart...

the pain is unbearable.

Rehabilitation can be a long, strenuous journey,

more painful than the reason.

Bearing it may bring back the joy...

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She gasps now, in pain 
As the gentle therapist
Extends her ballooning limb
  ~ In childbirth's pangs
     Ends always justified means...

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 In darkness the miles clicked by. Only reflections from road signs
and car lights brightened the way. The miles seemed to flow slowly but yet...

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