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HEALTH ALERT
By ruthless48
Love is an antibiotic.
We overdosed you on it to keep you from
being sick.
We put hearts on your T-shirts, Hallmark cards,
and watch hands 'cute' that tick.
In our inane smiling
world
our research indicated we should kill every microbe of
sad.
We believed all thoughts infectiously dismal~ TO BE
BAD
WE WANTED EVERYBODY SMILING
We made the dancing
series Glee
added laugh tracks, sweeping movie scores
and Hello Kitty
Now we've noted a post-amorous era
an effect of our modern production line medicine
We shut
down sad, slathered all happy
to see despair come up, love-resistant
again & again
A sniffled teardrop could be deadly
A HEART ATTACK FROM A HUNG UP PHONE
Saddness is love resistant
because we didn't leave it alone
Even the sky understands
the need to be blue
wipe away your smile
the untreatable
infection is coming near you
post-amorous resistance is on
the rise in Europe
in Copenhagen we're writing a book
we've changed the true nature of love
because of sadness
in it's true value
we didn't look
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Copyright 2012 ruthless48
Published on Friday, March 16, 2012.
Filed under: "Reflective" and
"Poetry"
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On Friday, March 16, 2012, dwells
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wrote:
What a profoundly interesting piece, playing two emotions off each other to arrive at a more natural state. Great simile, thanks!
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On Saturday, March 17, 2012, ruthless48
(173) wrote:
thank you~inspired by the press release by the general director of WHO, Margaret Chan~why a sore throat could soon be fatal
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