
your love is a placebo . . .
in need of a transfusion . . .
a bag of o positive required . . .
only plasma available . . .
kool-aid . . .
that freezes in the veins . . .
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hypochondriac symptoms . . .
too much saline . . .
affecting the tear ducts . . .
a genetic flaw passed . . .
from generation to generation . . .
a malignant cell . . .
called selfishness . . .
a second diagnosis called vanity . . .
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herbal remedies . . .
infected the family tree . . .
so severe branches fell . . .
developing fractures that didn’t heal . . .
ovaries scattered, sperm spilled . . .
never to be seen again . . .
there are no sutures . . .
to repair the deep scars . . .
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longing for a cure . . .
refusing treatment . . .
infecting the brain with insanity . . .
spreading this heartless disease . . .
blaming health care . . .
for your genetic malfunction . . .
here’s a pill . . .
to treat . . .
it won’t cure . . .
and may cause . . .
a quick fix . . .
with long-term effects . . .
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won’t change a thing . . .
daily injections . . .
weekly infusion . . .
for the infected . . .
who has a high tolerance . . .
for the pain . . .
that is contagious . . .
to those not quarantine . . .
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©Kimberly Wilhelmina Floria
2/1/16
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So much pain… from both sides of the stage. One wants to infuse that all that is positive and light to defuse the hurt.
It’s about a relationship. One being heartless and wanting control but they have flaws same as everyone.
Yes I have a few relationships like that… and I know I am flawed… Yet we can learn and hope for the betterment of any situation.
You employ a clever and very effective use of simile, metaphor and imagery to tell your story.
Thank you. I am proud of this one.
I can understand why, I believe. 🙂
Wow very strong words!
Thank you much.
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wow – your words of this poem touched me – I want to add my piano melody to your poem..
Just beautiful and amazing words – please follow and like my new piano page, I appreciate it https://mihranpiano.wordpress.com
Thank you much for your kind words, I am following your new blog.
Very cleverly scripted Kim… Brilliant inspiration.. Love to you and hope to see how you are feeling tomorrow xxx L0L
🙂 Thanks Sue. I hope you enjoy tomorrow’s poem.
I could envision this one being read on a Broadway stage…the reader draped in a single light on a darkened set…one of those…”Wow!” poems.
You wow me with this compliment. This poem is my recovery from the poem I posted Invisible.