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Stubbornly Managing Managed Care
by anne cunningham → (All Poetry by anne cunningham)
  
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For all time,
it was just the way,
things were for me.
It was simply a part of who I was.

Then it grew fingers,
wrestled my ribs,
threatened my lungs.
Still, nothing I couldn't handle.

Thinking it a color,
I imagined deep red,
a visceral ripping ache.
Oops, you saw it on my face.

I am a control freak,
stubborn, foolish,
wholly unwilling to share.
This was my one sight unseen.

But now, everyone
wants to press and hold,
more clearly define it.
Eager, they tell me how it is.

Giving it a name,
mapping its course,
defining treatment.
Pleased, they offer mega feedback.

Walking on coals,
all these years,
it was easier not knowing,
how hot, and how very far the walk.



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 Reviews of "Stubbornly Managing Managed Care"
Reviewed on January 14, 2003
*clapping* wonderful! superb write, anne. ((((HUGS)))) and love, karla. :)

Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on January 14, 2003
Great job!

Reviewed by Bhuwan Thapaliya
Reviewed on January 14, 2003
Yeah this can be read in many ways...excellent write...cheers...love n luck...BHUWAN

Reviewed by Ed Lupinacci (Reader)
Reviewed on January 14, 2003
Somehow putting a name on things is a better way for the less intutive to grasp the real truth to the matter.
Great write
and you know your own cure

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on January 14, 2003
Nice one that can be read in many ways.

Reviewed by Ted Sheridan (Reader)
Reviewed on January 14, 2003
This was just perfect.


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