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a real cut up
by Kristina Woodhilli kidney not
she had the gall
to turn my stomach
i should have taken
her words
when she said she
loved to share
i do not ask for an eye
though leaving only one
might help to
clear the bile of her
perspective
we both cut along our dotted lines
(a graft in our connection)
why, now, do I count
one more rippling
scar than hers
i would die
to claim my autopsy
my laid-out full disclosure
you had better double glove
for i have not felt my beat
since her last slash and run
and i see my donor card
has been punched
more than once
01/08/2009 Author's Note: Drat... My link to the news article did not succeed. A man who donated his kidney to his wife, is now suing for divorce as she cheated on him. He is asking for $1.5mil in payment for his kidney.
Posted on 01/08/2009
Copyright © 2024 Kristina Woodhill
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 01/08/09 at 11:28 PM Huh. I've always said, divorce is like an amputation; you survive, but there's less of you.
I never thought there would be an actual case. Amazing. Thanks. |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 01/09/09 at 01:54 AM A wry, humorous, and apt commentary on that news event. It appears callous on his part...and yet who is the more calloused? |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 01/09/09 at 06:05 AM Love that dry wit on you. As always, it suits you like crazy. |
| Posted by Melissa Panther on 01/09/09 at 06:52 PM This is amusing and oh so brilliant! |
| Posted by Nanette Bellman on 01/11/09 at 03:32 AM as someone who has bad kindeys, i like this. it's playful. i'd like to smack the husband though. |
| Posted by Kerowyn Rose on 01/11/09 at 10:34 PM I read that article. I was flabbergasted. I love your poem. It's the perfect reaction. Very dry and humorous. |
| Posted by Bruce W Niedt on 02/03/09 at 05:03 PM Given the perspective of the news item really enhances one's appreciation of the humor in this one. You might want to make a brief reference to it as an opening epigram for the poem. Anyway, very clever and amusing with great wordplay.... d:-) |
| Posted by Joan Serratelli on 02/18/09 at 10:03 PM This really would be funny, if it wasn't so sad and TRUE! Fun to read- excellent as always! |
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