Appendectomy

Oh sweet relief to my soul

Where finally you found me

Alone and pale and twisted and gaunt

How pleasurably you delivered me

But more I beg of you

More and more

Nectar of Venus, Laudanum of the poets

Bring me sweet, endurable bliss

For the hours that you can grant me this

Ease my mind and soothe my pain

To you I beg again and again

Please ease my mind and soothe my pain

My organs twist

They take each other’s place

Vying for position 

Where the old brother once stood

In the wee morning hours

I feel their race

To lay claim to new land

Now open and coveted

Bring me sweet

Endurable dreams

Of damsels and rivers 

And hemlock and dew

Strawberries and cream

I eat to dissolve you

Please bring me a dream

I beg of you

Ease my mind and soothe my pain

To you I beg again and again

Please ease my mind and soothe my pain