X-ray is a child's play I have had
Since in grade school.
I was so wrong.
The ailment has made it utterly difficult to position myself.
Without paraspinal and abdominal muscle strength,
It was next to impossible to stand straight and incline my head
And to stay still in freeze-frame.
It was next to impossible to stand straight and incline my head
And to stay still in freeze-frame.
I was sorry for the assisting nurse.
She had to hold me upright in the right position for X-Ray.
She had to hold me upright in the right position for X-Ray.
I struggled to bend and straight my body, only to turn into jello.
X-Raying jelly fish was not a child's play.
Then, I had my first hospital meal ever alone.
It caused my eyes to water.
I wonder if tear glands show in X-Ray.
Poem by Maria Franki
Edited and translated by J. Ujiie
©2011
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