(x = space)
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The Outside Test
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Well, I took the test
I’m waiting
She was very nice
In the lot
Outside the hospital
Yesterday,
Telling me the unpleasantness
To come
With the probe (or whatever
it is) involved
She was right
She went back inside
With whatever part of me
To read
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I had to call with symptoms
(a friend said so)
I was told to come
Then
I drove away
Got out of the car
Still ambulatory
(thankful)
Now I wait
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C L Couch
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Photo by Jusdevoyage on Unsplash
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(x = words)
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Thought-Powered Words
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The results were not good
I don’t mean to diary about it
But another organ is in trouble
I mean, I feel it
I thought it was gas
(hah)
And now I feel slowed-down today
In fact, since the phone call
Yesterday
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Pray for me, friends,
As I pray for you
Though it’s not a deal—I
Pray for you anyway, and of course
I’m not sure what you do
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But love has different kinds,
Hasn’t it?
We have ways to regard each other
Respecting who we are
What’s going well,
What’s not
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I’ll take a good thought anytime
And be thankful
The words without thoughts don’t rise
As Claudius confesses
(Hamlet doesn’t hear)
But your words are thoughtful
They soar
I know,
I read them all the time
Then watch and hear
With the inner parts
Of eye and ear
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citation
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3 (last two lines)
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Photo by Rafik Wahba on Unsplash
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