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Anaconda Slow
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Anaconda Slow |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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hyperventilation is a grim taskmaster frustration is its foreplay you don't recognize it . . . there are no warnings no flashing bright lights screaming look out! look out! danger! danger! it creeps upon you like a deadly anaconda wrapping its coils around you slowly making it difficult to breathe much too late you realize you're suffocating as you are deep into the death throes you try to trace down this hyperventilation from whence it came an easy task it was there all along you knew it you just decided to look the other way meanwhile the anaconda keeps on constricting ~*~ I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down. ~*~ |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
Not a good day when the big old snake gets the better of you. Wait for the butterfly, she comes soon enough  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yeah you right, EmmaRose, butterfly saves the day. Appreciate your input . . . ~*~ I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down. ~*~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Very scary. I have felt this only a few times in my life. Don't want to do it again. Ida |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yes, Ida, it is very scary. I finally have medicine that seems to work. I thank whoever figured it all out and put it in a pill form. Yes. ~*~ I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Your title entrigued me. You have captured it well my friend. I know that feeling. I too am grateful for that pill. Lori |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Absolutely, Lori, the pill is a life saver, for real. Thank you for being here. ~*~ I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down. ~*~ |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
Hyperventilation... Whew! Sounds exhausting! I'm really glad you're feeling better now and that there's a remedy for the condition. Yes, for sure, thank goodness for modern medicine. Enjoyed! |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Exhausting isn't the word for it, Bob. How about total fear? Anyway, with the medicine I can keep the attacks to a minimum and if I have one it isn't as bad as it used to be. Thanks for chiming in . . . ~*~ I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down. ~*~ |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Liked your use of the Anaconda metaphor - had a girl friend years ago that would hyperventilate when she got excited and she had asthma - - - sometimes she scared me to death. So, in that way, I can empathize, my friend. Good write. j. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yes I know about asthma, J., I'm not afflicted with it but I understand. Yes, it is most assuredly scary. ~*~ I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down. ~*~ |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fine writing...James |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thanks James . . . ~*~ PMS jokes aren't funny, period. ~*~ |
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Angel4aKing Senior Member
since 2006-09-27
Posts 1372USA |
very symbolic ... perfectly wrote and so often happens ... reality bites don't it? ~~~kingsangel~~~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Oh yes it does really bite, kingsangel. You speak of it as if you have dealt with it, and if so, I hope it is in your past. Thank you for being here . . . ~*~ The Energizer bunny was arrested and charged with battery. ~*~ |
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