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Irony

Kaci Tami 1960 (Vatukoula)

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Irony is
having blood withdrawn
Every morning
For further tests
To determine my anemia

Every morning I lie
in my cramped hospital bed
Thinking this time
The ‘blood nurse’ will pass me by

But to no avail
For like a blood thirsty vampire
She wheels her wagon
Full of assorted blood letting paraphernalia
And I offer little resistance
Mesmerised by her cold fingers
Latexed against possible infections
As she feels for a plumb vein
And sinks the hypodermic

I await the quick jab
The ‘prick’ that marks her extraction
She’s quick, brisk, officious
soon all specimens are collected
And she’s off again
Seeking another victim

Who would have thought?
Dracula’s ancestors
Would continue to roam the world
In the guise

About this poem

This documents my hospital stay when I was sick and they didnt know what was wrong . I was anaemic but the anaemia was caused by a tumour that was growing in my brain. Lucky to have survived it.

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Written on November 20, 2013

Submitted by taminator2016 on December 08, 2022

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXXB CXXC XXDBXEXXX XDAXXX XEXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 727
Words 125
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 9, 6, 4
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Kaci Tami

I am an aspiring writer, poet, teller of tales that is me. I have always seen things in a different light and from my perspective, it gives you an insight into what makes me tick as a human being. My life is always hectic and the most important thing I have learnt is that there are three things that one should value in life (a) Your loved ones (b)Your health (c) The memories you create with people. In the end, we all leave this world alone, so spend time creating memories and meaningful relationships with individuals and society at large. My poems reflect my perspective on the world at large both real and imagined. I am in the process of collating an anthology of poems so I can share my likes, dislikes and life with others. Thank you for reading my poems more…

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