080717b

more tests
in the hospital
hoping for good news

072617b

after my surgery
my body's thermostat
reset
cold for 14 paralyzed years
now I'm running hot

072417

First post-op Dr visit. will be good to get out of the house. probably change my mind about that when I hit the humidity. seems like the groups I am involved with are as inactive as I have been.

one by one
kerfuffles mumble away
nothing to say

072317b

stapled
don't feel like a reanimated corpse

072117

I have spent most of the week in bed, getting no exercise, so naturally, after staying awake past midnight, I was wide awake at 5 am, anaerobically exercising my arms. argh!

breathing easily
after waking too early
I should be grateful

071917

Night b4 last, when I put on my Bipap mask, my lungs were flooded with the sweet air I'd been needing. yesterday morning was almost like going back into a swamp. but last night, I only felt a bit better, and now, only a bit worse. I am getting stronger.

across the room
purple glads leap
from the vase

071717

It's Aliiiiiiiive!!! At least, I fake it fairly well.

in bed past noon
resting for the day
world spins; I ride

071617

Home after a week in the hospital, starting slow recovery.

type sentence
rest
maybe a sip of water
rest

071117b

surgery done; ICU but feeling good. sposed to go home Thu. drinking bad coffee to stay warm.

boring chicken soup
fantasizing about
Tom Kha Kai

071117

As you read this, I am (hopefully) recovering from relatively minor surgery. I don't know if I will be able to post to this blog today, so I am writing this ahead of time. As I write this, millions of Americans are facing a slow death in poverty at the hands of people that some of the voters voted for. Maybe we should all start rereading the diary of Anne Frank. Or, you know, Capt. America comics.

071017b

writing ahead
a day of evisceration
and enervation

as the day closes in
worry rises
under the robot
knife all morning
fingers crossed

but today we feast
under a molten sun