POST-ITS & PLAQUES

by Sherry S.   

My new computer screen is flat,
unlike the energy hungry,
hot, and bulky CRT,
where I had space aplenty
for post-it-note bric-a-brac,

flakes aflutter on my digital self,
each with a chore to track,
the perpetual goal being
to peel them off fast.

No more.  Now that
comorbidities have been attached
to the psoriatic condition
by the medical profession –

documented depression,
diabetes, cancer, cardiac,
IBD, and other attacks –

my at-the-max post-it tasks
must lessen,
and perhaps plaques will too.

Fewer flakes make less of a mess,
so that when pressed by a boss to do
whatever multiplies stress,
I’ll say, without compunction,
“Sorry, I can’t.  I’m obeying

the latest medical injunction
to stay calm, unharassed, and relaxed,
so please, kindly get off my back.”

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112804905&ps=rs

http://psoriasis.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=379

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