[stylist] Pollpeter Writing exercise

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

Jackie,

Thanks, as always. I have an incredibly high tolerance for pain, and
likewise, have a high tolerance for drugs, so I rarely take anything because
I tend to have to take above the recommended dose for most meds. Even with a
broken ankle, I have had little pain. In fact, so little pain, the doctor
questioned if it was broke and took an X-RAY again to make sure because she
said I should be in a lot more pain. I'm taking the pain meds mostly to help
me sleep and for the constant discomfort I'm in due to sitting and laying
around all the time. My grandma is the same way. Strong, Irish women, I
guess, smile.

Bridgit

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Bridgit,
This poem really does put us right there in your out-of-focus existence.
Pain drugs usually give me the hives and other side effects worse than pain.
Do not get the shingles!
Good writing as usual.

Jackie Lee

Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz	 


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Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 7:20 PM
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In the same spirit as Bill, I figured I would write something and post it.
Plus, have not a whole lot to do either as I continue to recover from my
danm broken ankle, LOL!

Rain pats against the window. Plinks and plops ease me into relaxation. I
drift closer to slumber as oxy codone flows through my body. A drug-filled
haze blankets me in its embrace. The sharp, pricking sensation in my ankle
narrows into a dull ache. My limbs, sore and uncomfortable from disuse,
relax enough to find sleep. It's like needing to take a long, indulgent
stretch, but nothing happens. But the drugs trigger my nerves to forget it
for the moment. Heaviness tugs at me. The sounds of the world escape as I
wake to a chemical existence.

Bridgit


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