Thyroid Storms
She started crying in the middle of rages—
not the soft kind, but sharp,
like she’d cut herself on something
I couldn’t see.
She slammed drawers.
Shouted at a spoon.
Broke a plate and sobbed
as if the world had cracked with it.
Before she left,
my mother filled the kitchen with notes
written on paper towels—
taped to the cupboards,
the countertops, the fridge.
I couldn’t read,
but
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Categories:
thyroid, childhood, confusion, family, mental
Form: Free verse
Goiter
Little of no Vitamin C
And Scurvy is what you shall see;
The iodine-poor diet: Goiter
And it’d continue to loiter:
A lot of pulsing and bouncing
Like a ball for a team’s trouncing;
On one’s sad neck hanging around,
Auto-immune disorders hound!
Then, somehow, can one it avoid
And have not The Bogus Thyroid:
Lots of what richly give Iodine
Safe diet, no
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Categories:
thyroid, cry, fear, food, health,
Form: Rhyme
Nature Love Is Self-Love, For Healthy Organs and Secretions
I
The former Minister said, "You are born out of the world,"
Not into it! Think of a flower, How is it born?
Myriads of marvelous blooms are born into the world
And we, humans, want to be sui generis, alone!
II
When you think of a wonderful waterfall, serene
Your (thyroid &) internal organs calibrate your fuel efficiently
By forsaking angry thoughts,
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Categories:
thyroid, angst, bible, health, nature,
Form: Prose Poetry
Thyroid Awarenesss Month
Thyroid Awareness Month September
Heard that they have removed my thyroid;
And at first really became quite annoyed;
Doctor took care;
No longer there;
Never do need any more and I can avoid.
James Thesarious Hilarious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
Bolivia, NC
My wife's best friend who is an RN,
just had a cancerous thyroid removed.
Might be from being exposed to x-ray
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Categories:
thyroid, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
I Want An Overactive Thyroid
I don’t want a tape worm sucking away inside
For that would certainly dent my inner pride
My choice would be for an overactive thyroid
And to have my fat from my body to be devoid
Why can’t I be thinner for all my friends to see?
A stolen mirror’s look would always satisfy me!
© Paul Warren Poetry
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Categories:
thyroid, fun,
Form: Ballad
My Thyroid and You
A scorpion tail
Tell me when it's safe to yell
For God's sake I'm shaking here,
Breaking here, taking breaths of arid air
And drowning
Sandy bubbles rising, crowning
An anticlimactic pop
Please stop! You're hurting me
The heat, it steeps like morning tea
Your sandy screams live and breathe
My self-fulfilling prophecy
It burns, I can't. I can't
I can't be water
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Categories:
thyroid, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse