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Growing Up
Posted by Tom on November 10, 2009 in inspiration, poetry
Getting old and turning grey, I’m going downhill, but what the hey. Now I need glasses and often reply “what did you say?” or “one more time.” People tell me “It beats the alternative” or “You’re just getting wiser.” But I feel old and have now got arthritis. So it’s time to give up. Time [...]
What's Inside
Posted by Tom on July 31, 2009 in Philosophy
I fear becoming my patient. Positron emissions where they shouldn’t be, x-ray deflections that aren’t quite right. On the outside he smiles, with only the faintest hint of the terrible, tragic, and deathly wrong. I give the radioactivity – yes I’m helping! – then, bad news comes, the disease progresses, and pain happens. The wife, [...]
