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the side-effects of living

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ankles, of course-
sharp and constant
not throbbing, just there and
traveling up, up to my knees and
when it rains, my hips: oh
my hips, when they hurt
they really hurt, and i can't hardly walk
son of a bitch
the pain.

wrists, too, always crackling and
cricking and pinching the nerve-
carpal tunnel, gotta love it.

elbows-
okay.

shoulders need popping
cracking
twisting, just gotta
loosen the joint, relax tense muscles and-
god dammit
stiffness
can't move.

neck, twisting in all the wrong angles, with
cracking joints and vertebrae
just for the ability to tur-
immobile, again: my
head will face left for hours; just
where'd my heating pad go?

and my head?  Don't
even
get
me
started.
full title: the side-effects of living an adventure-filled life

I have no idea if this is really concrete poetry, but there was nothing else I could put it into. (And yes, it is humorous. To me, at least.)

Basically, this is a list of (almost) everything that hurts in my body. My poetry teacher had us make a poem that was a list of whatever we wanted, and this was the first thing I came up with. There are a few things I left out--such as my jaw, and my back--but these are all the ones that cause me the most grief. It's just something fun.
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Mitternacht-Pi's avatar
Hey, epic title you got there~ XD