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Ode To An Epileptic Child

I'm sitting in a waiting room some thirty years later. Looking into the faces here I know, that I too, look faded.   The children here,have padded gear.                                   A helmet and a chin gaurd.                                   I try not to cry when I look at them.                                   Do they always look this tired?   .                                   A fear that they will hear                                   the words I'll never say.                                   Don't look into my eyes child,                                   The pictures they convey! When my name is called I find relief. The doctor says we will be brief. He'll send me home today with notes and things that other doctors wrote.   A new and exciting procedure                                         only just an experiment                                        but it may set you free from this                                        never ending torment...                              There'll be several weeks of testing. No time for you to be resting. We'll be running probes into your brain and we'll make you have a seizure again. And when we're done, you could be cured! The generations to come can be reassured The information this gives us may  be just what we need that children of tomorrow won't have epilepsy. What we hope, is to find the spot       that tiny electrode that jumps alot.   You should be able to return home We'll cut it out and take it away      but we can't say how long       to a petri dish where it will stay     you may have to start all over                                        if anything should go wrong. Can somebody please tell me what I'm doing here? Surely this is a dream?

Copyright © September 2000 Ellen K Lewis

Additional Notes:
Hot off the press with no polish....I'm simply venting...depending on the reviews I may decide to take this poem from a more serious approach...stay tuned for part three....(smile) This format is really just designed to make it all fit on one page, but it does show how interrupted life can be for an epileptic.


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