The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 2/24/08

[BlueIris]

"What To Do If Your Heart Stops"

1.
Do you remember the first
time you went to the skating rink?
Couples swirling across the ice
cutting flawless arabesques
or else, zipping by faster than quarks.
You pushed away from the wall, trying to stand
on shaky ankles. Such an awkward
feeling comes again when your heart stops.

2.
People worry that their hearts will stop during
orgasm. Actually, it is just after, when your body
is cycling through those shadow changes, that your heart
is more likely to stop. At least you are
already lying down, presumably
with someone you love. Make any needful
gestures until your beloved calls 911.
If, however, you are with your spouse when your heart
stops, don't confess your infidelities. If you feel
you must say something, see stanza 4.

3.
Most heart stoppages occur in the home.
Say you are in the kitchen building a crab
salad hoagie when suddenly your heart stops. Quickly
look around for a safe place to fall down
then fall down quickly. What if you are sitting
in the living room eating the sandwich
and watching Sally Jesse Raphael when your heart
stops? Put the sandwich down. Assume
airplane crash position.

4.
About the last words thing.
Unless you have rehearsed for a really long time,
you will have to speak off-the-cuff.
Best to keep it simple. "We are having exceedingly
dry weather for this time of year" is a good thing to say
when your heart stops. You may decide to try for something
more cryptic. Do you remember any of your high school Latin?
Don't say "Rosebud," unless you are in a situation
similar to the one described in stanza 2.

5.
In general, if your heart stops, press your lips together.
Use any needful gestures until your beloved calls 911.
Make yourself as comfortable as possible. That awkward
feeling will pass, one way or another.

—Floyd Bass

[BlueIris]

1. For some odd reason, this does not show up on my "My DU" screen.

How weird. Damn you, Ralph Nader.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear BlueIris!

What a dry, amusing little poem about dying!

I like its quirkiness...

Especially:

That awkward
feeling will pass, one way or another.

Thank you!


:hi:

[BlueIris]

3. Hee. "A dry, amusing little poem about dying!"

C-Peg, you are a genius.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Me? A genius?

I kind of doubt that!

Once in a while, I get a flash of insight, though...

Thanks, sweetie!

:hug:

[BlueIris]

5. Oh, stop. Of course you're a genius!

The best I could have come up with to describe this poem is "flirty." That's right, "flirty." But you, you managed to come up with "dry, amusing little poem about dying." Genius, I say!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Oh, OK!

I bow to your greater wisdom!

But those were just the words that popped into my head right after I read the poem, honest! :blush:

[BlueIris]

7. Kick.

[BlueIris]

8. Kick.