LOOK at my new scar

October 19, 2024

My shoulder replacement is a success. I must be careful not to overuse it, lift something heavy and I’ll lose it.  My surgeon said he would look at my right shoulder in January when he looks at the left for the final oohs and aaashhs.
 The cleaner is cleaning.  

I am waiting for:

 The results of the BC Provincial Election tonight
pain medication  by Tuesday,
a call to set up physio appointment
Counselling session next week Friday
six cortisone shots to relieve pain in my spine  Oct.30th , 2024
Shoulder surgeon appointment  in January, final clearance on left
and  start the process for the right shoulder
First x-ray on my knee for what  likely be a knee replacement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My head in a pail

October 18, 2024

1.
I should get a pail to  carry
random thoughts  Yes
that’s more like it.
If I had a pal
I could carry
my head in it
but only when
it is too heavy
for my cervical spine.
so most of the time.

 

2.
I forbid any talk
about Liza.

I forbid any talk
about holes.

I forbid any talk
of bottoms.

You see, the next
thing you’ll talk

you’ll talk about the
hole in Liza’s bottom.

You’ll forget
the pail completely

you dirty minded
rascal.

 

3.

All I’ve got
is my head
in a pail.

Lucky man
my angels carry
the pail between

them. Ever so well
leaving
my body in hell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAST: of characters

October 6, 2024

EROS HOTEL

 

Desk Clerk/Gatekeper

1. St. Augustine/with ghost of Euripides
2. Richard III
3. Menno Simons
4. Catherine the Great
5. Ludwig Van Beethoven
6. Queen Victoria
7. Sigmund Freud/with Richard Dehmel
8. Samuel Beckett