anatomically-correct manikans

he fell asleep 

on my shoulder

a total stranger

next time I saw him

he was on a slab

abdomen splayed open

a butterflied lamb leg

a nurse whispered 

excitement was mounting 

in the hospital corridor 

seems they had discovered 

an entirely new organ

somewhere 

next to his bowels

a little rubberoid bulb

you heard it squeak 

didn't you?

oh glistening pulp!

relentless fountain of 

liquid plastic and blood

please

stop

don’t press down 

so hard on that part

it might burst

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[Kenneth The Poet]

And we wouldn't want that now would we?

[. serah .]

-- i'm viewing this post through the prism of my own experiences... and i see the description of a metaphorical cyst which contains memories... which... if pushed... could explode and let loose a "relentless fountain of liquid plastic and blood"... -- in my life, this cyst contains memories of people who were either too fake and false ("liquid plastic") or people who harmed me (by creating the kind of unpleasantness that leads to verbal or even actual bloodshed)... -- i don't relive these memories but they are there... and sometimes their presence causes such discomfort that i wonder if they are a tangible something which has now become a part of my anatomy... -- incredibly insightful work, Maestro D. ... -- yet again, i've found expression in your words... thank you for that...

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laughing...lemons, lots and lots of lemons, and vinegar, and baking soda, and and and...pepto-- Recommendations, even requirements, for this mental laboratory of unique ingenuity :)

[J]

[wonders if this etiology is more prevalent than science is obviously aware!] all those breathe mints out there that neutralize nothing. this explains it all! oh the way your mind works is a wonder ...

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Vinegar and chive - fabulous!