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gofor42
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since 2000-01-23
Posts 143
Arkansas

0 posted 2000-11-09 10:33 PM


I'm heartsick,
Ill from loneliness.
Like a disease,
It ravages my body and spirit
Until nothing is left.
It leaves me stricken
And wasted,
And only a machine keeps me alive.
This sickness is fatal,
And the cure is not within my grasp.
So here I lie in clean linen,
Made with hospital corners,
Doomed by this debilitating destroyer.
Rush me to the hospital,
Pump me full of vaccines and vitamins.
None of it will work.
My only hope lies in your hands
And beyond my reach.

"If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing."
--Kingsley Amis

© Copyright 2000 Chuck Cottrell - All Rights Reserved
kcsgrandma
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since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522
Presque Isle, ME
1 posted 2000-11-09 10:41 PM


This is kind of different for you, but I like it.  There's no worse kind of sickness.  Get well soon.

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

gofor42
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since 2000-01-23
Posts 143
Arkansas
2 posted 2000-11-10 12:14 PM


Yeah, I felt like trying a different kind of poem, an attempt to get away from the cynical and pessimistic satire I tend to write lately.  Actually, a lot of my early stuff was like this.

"If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing."
--Kingsley Amis

bestgirl911
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since 2000-10-04
Posts 551
Clio, MI , United We Stand
3 posted 2000-11-10 10:23 AM


This is sad, but oh, so true. kc is right there is no worse kind of sickness...it just eats you up inside...hope things get better...

Best

gofor42
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since 2000-01-23
Posts 143
Arkansas
4 posted 2000-11-10 01:19 PM


Thanks...loneliness sucks entirely too much...

"If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing."
--Kingsley Amis

kaile
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singapore
5 posted 2000-11-11 12:15 PM


sending my best wishes also
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