Hearing Aid
Dish soap.
Fish soup.
Hardwood floor.
Hard wheat flour.
I need a
Hearing aid.
I need a
Band-Aid
Deep cut.
Blood cloth.
Migraine.
Brain freeze.
Haircut.
Rot gut.
Catnip.
Bad trip.
I need an
ear exam.
I can’t hear
worth a damn.
About the Author: Born in Mexico, Luis lives in California and works in Los Angeles in the mental health field. His poems have been published in As It Ought to Be, Blue Collar Review, Kendra Steiner Editions, Mad Swirl, and Unlikely Stories.
Image Credit: Richard Sanger Smith Ear study, no. 1 (1840) Public domain image courtesy of Artvee
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