Wires Attached to Me Like a Human Machine

Lying on a hospital bed
at Moses Cone hospital
Greensboro
wires attached to my body
on small circular pads
one attached to my
right index finger
I’m feeling like a human machine
with all this wires extending out of me
Lying on a hospital bed
at Moses Cone hospital
Greensboro
wires attached to my body
on small circular pads
one attached to my
right index finger
I’m feeling like a human machine
with all this wires extending out of me
maybe they’ll supercharge my body
maybe they’ll upgrade my mind
and give me super strength
and stupendous psychic powers.

Bob Boyd

Mild Intermittent Chest Pains

Sitting in the ER
intermittent chest pans
might be from
1. a chest muscle strain
2. too much phlegm
3. signs of a heart problem
hoping for 1. or 2.
who wouldn’t be?
given 3 medical tests
ironically 3. failed
them all
now a nurse casually says
we’ll find you a bed
silent mayday alarms
go off in my head
a stay at the hospital
a heart problem
has come down the pike.

Bob Boyd