Technical Difficulties
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Oh
Why do you
Constantly do this
Giving me the run around
Hours on the telephone
Zero problems solved
I will not
Hold
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Tag: waiting
October 4
Pale freckled skin, keeps organs in
Protects me from the sun
All this flecking, requires checking
To the doctors I run
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In cotton gown, I wait around
For examination
New magazines, computer screens
Office decoration
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Skin is assessed, concerns addressed
At my age my spots change
Scanning processed, I can get dressed
We talk short range, long range
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Have the “all clear”, return next year
Keep wearing the sunscreen
New spots appear, please have no fear
We’ll do the same routine
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(A Triquatrain Poem)
September 19
6 Poems 1 Picture
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What did we do while waiting
Time once spent ruminating
Now cell phones are dictating
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(An Englyn Poem)
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Eyes lowered, sneakers tapping, chairs creaking
Speaking is not what we do
Waiting to be called by you
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I will risk a shrunken face
Just to get out of the place
Like the movie Beetlejuice
To vamoose to a new space.
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This large number I have found
Now has me waiting around
Until the magical sound
Of my name fills the compound
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Proximity to the door
Will not reduce my time here
Almost more than I can bear
My number is close I’m sure
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(An Englyn Proest Dalgron Poem)
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It’s fine – don’t call my name yet
So I can get out of here
I am strangely thrilled to get
Time to finish this chapter
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A Picture and a Poem 