Slow-growing cataracts — instant poem
Slow-growing cataracts pacing like glaciers spawning like waterfalls over my eyeballs year after year after year. I'm peering at poached eggs that started as milk bottles no no not eggs but a couple of eyeballs white with a yolk a yellow cascade of cataracts saying now, now thou lazy thou dazey get to the eye clinic get thyself lasered or find thyself munching on plastic eggs. Optical nonsense. Yes, you were fine but be honest: it's time.
~ rachel mcalpine 2021, feel free to share citing me as author
PS Yes, I have slow-growing cataracts, and yes, sometime this year I will get them fixed. And yes that’s a pretty silly poem.
Silliness is much underrated! Laughter is always essential….
Hey! Without it I’m lost.
Your poem made me chuckle.:-) I had cataract surgery 18 years ago. It’s a fascinating process, and I’m so thankful for the results. Modern eye surgery is amazing.
Isn’t it just? Now all i need to find is the time and money…
A month ago, I had my second eye operated on to remove a cataract. Two years earlier, when the first eye was operated on, the cataract on the second eye wasn’t too bad. But suddenly this spring it got lots worse, so I’m glad I was able to get it removed. I’m sure you will be happy when you get your cataracts removed, too.
Yes I think so. The deterioration sneaks up on you. But at my last annual checkup the optometrist said that new glasses would no longer do the trick. Time to bite the bullet.
ironic! Tuesday I had my second eye done! for me they grew fast; I’m grateful for the growing clarity of vision; I hope that clarity of vision spreads throughout my being. I loved your poem.
Good timing! Hm, I love the thought of clear vision throughout my being. Bring it on!
I’m very much with you on this Rachel. It is one of the few conditions that make you wish it would progress more rapidly. Mine are not bad enough to operate on but they do affect my vision enough to be very frustrating!
How annoying!
I’ll be there soon too. Slowly growing for a while, but they seem to have speeded up lately.
We are so lucky to live in the laser-surgery era.
You’re not wrong! I can see poached eggs too – sounds yummier than the reality of it, so I say see what you want to see 😉
I like your attitude
Wish you good health and get it fixed. Love and hugs. 😃👍😜💖
Thank you!
Cataract surgery is life changing!
So I’m told. Looking forward to it.
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I hope I can approach cataract removal with humor, as you have. I could see the items that looked like eggs, but I hope I wouldn’t have tried to eat them.
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All the best for a clearer view of your world, Rachel.
Now that I’ve written about it I’ll have to do it!
I hope you booked an appointment, Rachel.
Wednesday morning at 8.15 am for assessment. Thanks for holding me accountable!
Good for you and the world will look so much better after the surgery. So, a friend says who’s just had it done!