Saturday, July 01, 2017
Siege
-Of all the men!--so called.
He sticks!
-Well...he was never inept
in the romance category.
-Just all others.
-He drives me to chemo.
And is moving in here,
no ifs ands or buts!
-A team?
-Yeah! Would you believe it?
-(sings) They keep their girlfriends
warm at night.
-He does that. And right now the...
-The most important thing on
the face of the earth is staying
alive!
-It's...a mean face!
-But you still like hanging around it.
-Things I haven't done yet, and I
don't even know what they are.
-You will when you do 'em.
-By the way thanks to you too for...
-Sticking since the sixth grade.
-Mr Ferris!
-Just needed one little push to
a nervous breakdown, but we
relented.
-Saw him at Jiffy Lube before
Mr Big C smashed in on you here.
-Did you apologize?
-Sorta. But he said he loved every
moment of it.
-We did some good then! How come we
thought the opposite.
-Because we're assholes.
-Are we now?
-No time.
-That's the big word. How much left!
-Come to lunch Saturday. He's planning
something.
-He cooks too?
-Didn't you know? Hotel Chef.
-Maybe you already died and went
to heaven.
-Let's avoid that luck.
Labels: Cancer, chemo, friends, illness, lover, retrospective
Wednesday, June 07, 2017
The Modern Question
Rells mixes up his meds.
Takes the morning ones
at bedtime.
Immediately feels better!
Hudgy, bud of some
therapeutic years, concurs.
“You stumbled into cure!”
“It won’t last.”
“Not with that attitude!”
“Ever hear of Placebo Effect?”
“What HAVEN’T I heard of?”
Labels: accident, cure, illness, meds, placebo, prescriptions
Saturday, November 24, 2012
The Post-History of Holy Matrimony
After Cliff and Jilly's wedding,
they discovered someone or thing
had strewn the Road to Happiness
with boulders. Strove to remove
them, often at odds. Babies arrived,
distractingly, and C&J plodded bravely
enough in and out of the bungalow
on Appletree Lane. When fledglings
teen, horribly hating all and sundry,
Bride and Groom grit through. Fast way
forward and Kids have their own--will soon
enough again attempt comprehending serial
heartbreak in highschool. Old marrieds
have retired to Cocoa Beach in some confusion,
feeling they should’ve figured it out by now. Mal-
adies, however, seize the forefront. And how!
GERD for him, a strange clickclack in
the back of her sacroiliac.* Will
you raise your glasses to couples?
If you’re one, then higher still!
*South America, Take it Away
After Cliff and Jilly's wedding,
they discovered someone or thing
had strewn the Road to Happiness
with boulders. Strove to remove
them, often at odds. Babies arrived,
distractingly, and C&J plodded bravely
enough in and out of the bungalow
on Appletree Lane. When fledglings
teen, horribly hating all and sundry,
Bride and Groom grit through. Fast way
forward and Kids have their own--will soon
enough again attempt comprehending serial
heartbreak in highschool. Old marrieds
have retired to Cocoa Beach in some confusion,
feeling they should’ve figured it out by now. Mal-
adies, however, seize the forefront. And how!
GERD for him, a strange clickclack in
the back of her sacroiliac.* Will
you raise your glasses to couples?
If you’re one, then higher still!
*South America, Take it Away
Labels: babies, children, illness, marriage, relationship, retirement
