“Rag Doll” a Quirky Response Poem by Robbie Cheadle

Thank you to Nolcha from Chewers by Masticadores for sharing my poem, Rag Doll.

I had the stents keeping my sinuses open so they could heal properly out on Friday. This necessitated a local anesthetic and the suctioning of a lot of blood and clots. Not an overly comfortable procedure and I felt a bit fragile afterwards. The doctor did more than I expected during the surgery as he had to drill a drainage hole through the bone on my right hand side. No wonder it was a rough week . I made him give me two boxes of strong pain killers as compensation and show me the video clip of the new drainage hole. A perfect circle, he is an artist.

Rag doll, lying on the operating tablePulled this way and that by busy handsDisarrayed braid caught badly under neckWhere it interferes and makes …

“Rag Doll” a Quirky Response Poem by Robbie Cheadle