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Dawn of the Robot

Writer's picture: Jon BestJon Best

Updated: May 15, 2024

 

Silk sheets and silk pyjamas

Stiffness dawn of daily drama

No I cant get no satisfaction

Try to roll but muscular inaction

 

A body that shakes and rattles

Veteran of nightly battles

Slides slowly closer to the edge

Joint complaints by cartilage

 

Crouching into robot tribute

Every step I need to compute

Impatient pressure it gets madder

“Are we there yet?” calls my bladder

 

Bedroom door nob grasped with fumble

Muscle cramp in toes slow stumble

Pause turns into movement freeze

GIft from Parkinsons disease

 

Finally arrived on the throne

Pressure released, body groans

Bathroom duties at an end

Flushed around the U bend

 

Time for day but not ready

Swallow tablets still un steady

Casualty of slumber ambush

Takes toll throughout days onrush

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Alison Blevins
Alison Blevins
May 18, 2024

Those mornings! Well done Jon

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Martin Pickard
Martin Pickard
May 15, 2024

A poignant description of that tough 1st pre med hour

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