give us your sick but especially your twisted

[Lumiere]

give us your sick
but especially your twisted
I sometimes say, because
how many lives
now owe their juice
to that unfeeling doctor
who first said quietly over a
still-warm corpse

"the heart's shot, but
we could use the kidneys
. . . maybe the liver"

"you're sick" they said
through damp sleeve cuffs

"economical" he corrected
and held out an open hand
for a sharp instrument

[Delta40]

I love it! what an interesting observation

[dafydd manton]

Re-cycling to the "n"th degree...! However, they're dead, they won't mind, but the relatives might! I loved the black humour in it- and I apologise if it wasn't meant to be that way.

[hillwalker]

One man's loss is another man's gain, and expressed in such an original way. Clever stuff.

[PrinceMyshkin]

The second "your" ought to be 'you're,' but how cutting (sic) a poem this is!

[Lumiere]

Thanks Delta, dafydd, hill, Prince!

dafydd: dark humor is like dark matter; I can't claim I had anything to do with it or know exactly what it's made of, but I accept its presence happily.

Prince: I thought you (of all people) might appreciate the "economy" of it . . . :biggrinjester:

[Delta40]

reminds a bit of the body snatchers....

[angliholic]

Good for you, Lumiere!
It's economically and cuttingly excellent!

[Hawkman]

Wish I'd seen this one first to say something good and original. Now it's all been said. All that remains is Well done!

Best, H

[Bar22do]

I hope I'm not the last to read this achievement of yours! you made my blood run cold!

[Lumiere]

Thank you one and all, (and yes Delta - body snatchers!!)

( . . . of course I'm not trying to bump this up! You dare accuse me of such base motives?!
I am merely trying . . . to bump this up.)