Jan 10, 86
This hot wave of heat
Flows fleetingly through
me
From heart to fingertips,
A slight besprinkling on
my brow,
A touch of nausea -
And all is past.
At other times, nausea spreads
A debility overtakes me
-
I must lie down
or eat
and wait....
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| I can recommend a duvet
+ naked body to cope with h-f's, and I hope you all have a human "duvet"
somewhere around. ("Hydro" is electricity)
Oh down is soft and cuddly
And down is gently warm
And down is light and yielding
And down accepts your form
So down exerts no pressure
And lets you do your thing
While you're fending off
the winter
And holding out till spring.
It has no expectations
Of it's corners tucked in
neat
For a duvet's not a blanket
That weighs upon your feet
And tries to force agreement
Of the way that you should
lie -
A duvet just keeps shifting
And accepts the way you
try.
A duvet needs no hydro
Has no wires or strings
attached -
For it's function's insulation
(Its economy's unmatched).
If the weather doesn't call
for it
It packs into a space
So small you can forget
it
But take it any place
So if you find you need
it
'Cos the weather gives you
pain
You only have to fluff it
And soon you're warm again.
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I have been wondering if
calling our changed sleep patterns just that, rather than insomnia or sleep
deprivation or anything else which has outright negative connotations wouldn't
help in a subtle way? It wouldn't stop us trying things to change them
back but it might be less anxiety producing. . Anxiety sure doesn't help
sleep. |
| Aug 26, 1984
Here, outside in the sunshine
Lenses become redundant
And once again I can enjoy
Conveniently unassisted
sight.
I would not trade
The better concrete seeing
of my youth
For inner vision of the
abstract
Developed by the passing
of the years..
But both at once - that were
better yet!
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Jan 9, 85 (aged 51, no HRT)
Yellowness persists
And now the sound of growling
grows
As twinkles in my toes
Suppose me youthful
I hop and skip
As heart pounds loud
As wrinkles shift
And bounce upon my brow
Fat lumps on hips
Leap down and up
As feet leap up and down.
Oh what a sight!
Now please don't look -
For this is not the sort
of book
For public viewing.
Rather ‘neath the mattress
hide it
They'll all decry it
Yet come again to read it
The object of disgust...
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