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Context Normalcy

My friend says

it’s perfectly normal

in context

 

My lip

swelled to the size of Angelina Jolie’s lips on collagen

came close to anaphylactic shock

but for severe allergies

it’s perfectly normal

in context

 

I can’t concentrate

and I panic often

but for being depressed

it’s perfectly normal

in context

 

I peak around the corner

to see if she’s in her office

and feel relief when she’s not

but for being paranoid

it’s perfectly normal

in context

 

And I think

I don’t want to be in context

if I’m perfectly normal

what fun am I?

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7 responses to “Context Normalcy”

  1. utopianfragments Avatar
    utopianfragments

    beautiful to read.
    in context of course

  2. Marcy Avatar
    Marcy

    ‘Context’ is one of my favorite words. ‘Normal’ is not. I love the visuals here …

  3. poeticgrin Avatar
    poeticgrin

    Oh you know I love this one. But, of course, for reading poetry on a Sunday morning, loving your writing is perfectly normal. In context.

  4. poeticgrin Avatar
    poeticgrin

    Also, this friend you write of, he (I assume a he) is seems very nice. Like he is trying to comfort you. Like the time you got folded up into that bed that went into the wall, and he was like, “It’s perfectly normal for your hair to be wrapped around that spring.”

  5. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    Perfectly made poem. Normal is such a strange idea.

  6. medicatedlady Avatar
    medicatedlady

    That friend might be said to be a sadist, in the context of his injuring me almost contantly.

  7. medicatedlady Avatar
    medicatedlady

    Thanks, everybody, for your compliments.

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