Ear Wax

The Measure of a Whales life.

Can you paddle,
Spell check,
Navigate the world
on a screen,
Real time with
Dementia
The boat circumventing the
Cognitive dictators damning
Your world? Ah to have such a
Boat !
You would have to
Have a captives clever mind.
To light your cigarette
Without striking a match,
A paper n spit shiv to
Pierce break n fester
Inside.
Ah, a screw with a heart!
(But they usually disappear to mint their own Lamb)
"For want of a nail"
For want of a screw,
Living vicariously carelessly
A screen

Feeding time.

Author's Note

Spit out your meds. Captcha upcourse

Reviews

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

This reminds me of that movie THX (something or other)...but basically, it's the same old story of a tranquilized and controlled society that is devoid of feeling and has been for so long that they don't even really know what happiness feels like. To feel...good or bad, is the point, isn't it? Altered states are only masks covering the parts of our lives that we can't face on our own.

[TL Boehm]

(But they usually disappear to mint their own Lamb)
That's an especially brutal line when you think about it. Served up on a plate with a side of jelly. That's kinda how it is.
Wonderful poetry.

[Sami Khalil]

Meds can get you blinded or altered and addicted to so many chemicald which can be good or bad for the body , mind and soul...Everything that alters the mind might alter your life too...Bravo , sir on a well thought out poem...
The whale is rolling with the tide...

[icelandicblue]

None of us know what it might be like to be lost in dementia but I think when those lucid moments pop up, and they do, one does what one must in the time that it lasts. It is sad but the story you told Noodle of your mom scaling a 6' fence and chasing her caregiver says there is still spunk and life there. I often wonder which is worse, the dementia or the lucidity. My guess is the lucid moments. My grandmother had Alzheimers Disease and my father took part in a study at Boston University watching for signs, he never showed any. Now that he is gone I'm next up at bat so I do think about it I guess, until I can't.

[Frieda P]

I'd say intriguing lee, but that's an understatement! Navigating through life via technology or something like that, what's a whale got to do with it? I'm going to try to navigate this myself a few more times and get back to ya real soon, more coffee perhaps.

[lee von cleef]

I answered most in noodle review. Boy you look good today !

[Frieda P]

Ha a boat in her head, okay that explains a lot about you too...!

[lee von cleef]

Write something so I can paddle, no don't sink the Bismark .

[Frieda P]

I'm stuck in stormy weather, send life rafts....

[lee von cleef]

On the way........

[Einstein Noodle]

can't even pretend to understand... it reads powerfully for me... speaks of prison violence; a stressful world and want to escape ... oh to have the boat... all wrapped maybe warped into the click of a mouse... also love the title.. and sub title .. keep these coming, says i.
E.

[lee von cleef]

NPR radio listened to a show on wales and their ear wax cone who knew? my mom has dementia,and the people working with her, ( my older sister put her in a conservator and guardian situation) my view is different,any way my mom is sharp, smart, and still very in the moment, a way we should all live probably.She does not light a cigarette from a light socket, or make a knife from rolled up paper, Ha but she did scale a 6 foot fence! chase the conservator around her "disabled" old car swinging a jacket over her head calling the conservator a SO B, ah ah a priceless picture in my head! I believe she has a boat, a boat in her mind.

[Einstein Noodle]

oh my goodness lee von! my mom had Alzheimers Disease and we took care of her at home for ten yrs. as she slipped into some other place... the last year she lived in a Hospice cottage..so many angels... so sorry your sister is not on your page... nor your mom's... the weight is crushing even now as I remember... I wish you and your family well... I wish you comfort in pain and fortitude to put one foot before the other... on a lighter note... will google whales ear wax cones for sure... write write write.. :/
love brother..love
E.

[lee von cleef]

Thank you those cone are like tree rings.