Echocardiogram
A ghostly skull from a black and white
Looney Tune dances on screen, jack-in-the-box
flaps popping open with the mechanical
spasticity of a windup monkey band.
Little bagpipe grunts and strains. I'm not
awed by the miracle of life, swishing
and gurgling like a Maytag washer
from the modern fifties. Tomorrow,
they'll look at the whole contraption,
close-up, inside, maybe blow out the hoses,
keep it huffing and puffing so it won't
collapse a blathering red balloon.
*This is autobiographical. It was my impressions when I saw the images while they were doing the procedure.
Echocardiogram
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Re: Echocardiogram
Yeah. Nothing else makes that sound
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- Posts: 1619
- Joined: 01 Jun 2008, 09:17
Re: Echocardiogram
Yeah. Nothing else makes that sound
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Re: Echocardiogram
Love these lines:
I'm not
awed by the miracle of life, swishing
and gurgling like a Maytag washer
from the modern fifties.
I'm not
awed by the miracle of life, swishing
and gurgling like a Maytag washer
from the modern fifties.
Re: Echocardiogram
I'm partial to the heart as bagpipes.