you are not dead
although that might not seem as bad
four screws
with shaking hands
he drives them
one by one
into your skull
building
an erector set
of metal rods
a bone anchored
helmet
so heavy
you are unable to
lie down
without assistance
consider yourself
paralyzed or
the host
of a tumor
to receive this honor
you don't cry
not until
he bolts
your head to
the table
slides your body
into an MRI
so narrow
your elbows
rub its insides
how do you keep
your sanity
when its about
to leave you?
r-e-s-t-r-a-i-n-t
wiggling your toes
you count and cry
pray you will not
regurgitate and die
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.....
By Mary E. Lohan
although that might not seem as badfour screws
with shaking hands
he drives them
one by one
into your skull
building
an erector set
of metal rods
a bone anchored
helmet
so heavy
you are unable to
lie down
without assistance
consider yourself
paralyzed or
the host
of a tumor
to receive this honor
you don't cry
not until
he bolts
your head to
the table
slides your body
into an MRI
so narrow
your elbows
rub its insides
how do you keep
your sanity
when its about
to leave you?
r-e-s-t-r-a-i-n-t
wiggling your toes
you count and cry
pray you will not
regurgitate and die
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.....
By Mary E. Lohan
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