1
My inept tongue nests
Inside a shallow windpipe
Spurning all but script
2
I adjust my smile
Three times before withdrawing
My heart completely
3
Starless truths gather
Like magpies in the cartridge
Of a trusted pen
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Excising dead flesh
I burgeon pink and fertile
From a would be grave
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I really couldn’t write today I was much too distracted and nervous. I had an appointment with a counselor. I was dreading it but in the end the woman was very nice. I feel embarrassed now after the fact. Did I make myself look healthier than I am? I tend to gloss over my problems when I get nervous. I also laugh when I get nervous. Did I come off as whiny? Or cruel? I told her I wasn’t happy with my Neurologist and I feel very bad about that now. Ugh…guilt. I did manage to tell her about my social anxiety, memory problems, and desire for more independence maybe even taking on part-time manual labor sort of job something strait-forward and not to people intense. I didn’t mention my past in a way I want to talk about it because I feel it is affecting me and I think it will be helpful in drawing a more complete picture. I don’t want to spend session after session on my past though, I want to focus on concrete future goals, but I think it is necessary because it was unhealthy.
Also I submitted this to Carbon Noise Poetry
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