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From the Heart (Life Sentence 2) |
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By gwyddyn
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13 July 2007 |
Second of the Life Sentence poems, From the Heart is about Tourettes Syndrome. I think we've all seen documentaries about the syndrome and how it affacts sufferers. I have tried to write from the sufferers POV. Read what you see and try to read aloud - hope it's OK.
I apologise for the obscenities - it sometimes goes with the territory.
Also, I am not trying to suggest that all parents of Tourettes sufferers are ashamed of their children, but I would be willing to bet some are ....
From the Heart
Th.. th.. thank you Mm.. Mother
ff.. for my genes.
Th.. Th.. thank you Fffather
for my compulsion.
BASTARD! FUCK!
Th.. th.. thank you
for my flailing,
flap.. fff.. ff.. flapping
jerking
stomp. Stomp. Stomp. Stomp. Stomping,
lip smacking, nose twitching
body.
Fu.. fu.. Mm, Mmmmmm. BOLLOCKS!
Th.. th.. thank you
for my belching,
grunt ... iiinnng
screammming
snorting
throat-clearing, tongue thrusting
mouth
fuck, fuck. bollocks
Damn you Mother
for my genes
Damn you Father
for my compulsion
Ff.. ff.. fuck you both
for your
Un..c..caring,
un.. thhhinking
unnn..ending
unloving
heart rending, soul destroying
shame about
mmm, mmm, BASTARD!
Me.
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Good one
Written by Superbox (5 comments posted) 13th July 2007 | It is a fabulously moving poem.Yes the obscenities do go with the territory.Is this an issue close to your heart?
I actually read the 2nd poem first,but I'm sure when I read the first it will equal the standards of this.
It takes a true person to write work like that.  |
Written by Phil (7001 comments posted) 13th July 2007 | Read this while listening to Elvis: The Lady Loves - but she doesn't know it yet (The wonders of afternoon telly) and this fits so well! Added an extra dimension.
On a more serious note, more of a performance poem than one to be read quietly. Not taking the mick when I say this by the way.
Phil. | CAPTURED
Written by bobc (51 comments posted) 22nd June 2008 | | A fine light shines in this. I aagree wiith Phil about the performance thing. Maybe a tape of it? Sent a few places? |
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