poem I'm not sick but I'm not well, aspirin tylenol ibuprofen codine prozac sleeping pills poem By Janet Kuypers
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I'm not sick but I'm not well
and I'm sure there's something I can do about this
I've popped the aspirin
the tylenolthe ibuprofenthe codinethe prozacthe sleeping pillsand that thermometer is down my throat
and I'm gagging
I'm not sick but I'm not well
the doctors find nothing wrong with me
and believe me, they've taken the x-rays
they've striped me down
and made me wear one of those awful paper robes
and they've felt me up
and checked me out
and found what they were looking for
but didn't find anything I was looking for
I'm not sick but I'm not well
and I can't help but think
that everything I'm doing to make things better
might only be making things worse
so I don't want to listen to what
you have to say anymore
and I want this IV out of my arm
and I want this oxygen tube out from my nose
and I want this suppository out of my ass
and I want you to get that scalpel away from me
because I want everything I've got
I'm not sick but I'm not well
and they want me if they can keep me in line
and they want me if they can cut me open
and take out my insides
and suck out the fat
and suck out the life
and make me generic
and make me dependent
make me unreal
make me not whole
and i've walked that line with all you doctors
and I want all my parts back
and I want to be healthy
no, I'm not sick and maybe I'm not well
but you're only making me worse
I don't have the answers but neither do you
so instead of tearing me apart
and dissecting me
and studying the bones
let me just stay together for a while
until I figure it all out
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