Comments?
Questions?
“Insurance Claims”

Everything is fine and normal;
Pain that outlasts prescription painkillers.
Everything is fine and normal;
Pain that increases with food or drink.
Everything is fine and normal;
Pain that breaks through sleep.
Everything is fine and normal;
Pain that ruins functionality.
Everything is fine and normal;
Pain that only fades – never leaves.
Everything is fine and normal;
Pain that takes away the will to live.
Everything is fine and normal;
Pain that only surgery may eliminate.
Everything is fine and normal;
Pain that left only one hope.
Everything is fine and normal!

Megan Delia Ratcliff

10 October 1999