MY JOINTS HURT
AND OTHER FASCINATING TOPICS OF CONVERSATION
So.
This is what it’s come to.
You
and me,
green tea
and a free association of maladies.
You cannot know how sick I am,
the pain I feel,
the woes I have.
But, hey,
here’s a dirty joke to make it better.
All laugh.
I cough.
You sweat.
We both sigh,
and limp
ever closer
to the finish line.
About the Author: Margaret Crocker is an artist, writer, wife, mother, daughter, sister and thief. She collects stray animals and has this weird fantasy of being on The Great British Baking Show, despite the fact she uses a bread machine. She knows little but proclaims much. There is much we don’t know about her.
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