Category Archives: Pain



Pain

Sometimes you feel a pain
High in your right testicle.
Sitting in the vestibule,
Gamely anticipating Continue reading →

Posted in Pain

Psychosomatics

Last Tuesday,
Tripod,
Our voracious, runty, crippled, stinky cat,
Missed breakfast. Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Pain

Affliction

A guy named Eric, in Venice,
Richly aware of the menace—
Afflicted with piles,
He moved without smiles, Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Pain

Balloons

When I am king of the universe
There’ll be no such thing
As “minor” surgery,
And no one will call that gas Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Bullshit, Pain

A Philosophical Inquiry Into The Nature of Hell

Hell, of course, is a state of mind.
It’s not eternal burning flesh.
It’s not stuffed up the fat behind
Of some corrupted monk. The crèche Continue reading →

Posted in Pain, Wisdom

Pain Paean

What role, I wonder,
In his grand design
Did god envision
For arthritis? Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Pain, Religion