Does ‘not too bad’
Mean ‘not too good’?
I asked the doctor
If she really could
Explain such little
Evasive terms
Do I or don’t I
Have killer germs?
The insurance company
Told you to be sure
Or there’d be no payment
For the needed cure.
I waited five days
For a “virus” you know
Why even go in?
Let those bacteria grow!
So here we are later
My lungs mock a seal
I cough up nothing
But this weak appeal:
Dear Higher Courts
Must only poor people die?
When will you stop allowing
This medical reply?
If you harm my child
I’ll pluck your bones
Leave you for dead
Covered in stones
I’ll petition the Angel
I’ll circle your grave
Dome in your soul
As Satan’s slave.
Ciera S. Louise c. May 19, 2006