The
Little Monster Inside of Me
There’s
a little monster inside of me
He
lives a funny life
He’s
been places you may never see
Unless
you wield a surgeon’s knife.
He
slips down my gallbladder like a waterslide
My
stomach cushions his fall
He
burrows in the pile of small bowel to hide
And
bats at my appendix like a whiffle ball
He
dances to my heartbeat
And
my aorta launches him like a trampoline
He
lands on my kidney with both his feet
And
wiggles down next to my spleen
He’ll
fight infections if he’s done playing for the day
With
sword and shield he’ll charge
“You
foolhardy intruders will have to pay,
No
foreingers allowed, small or large!”
He’s
my inner child
Injecting
fun into my veins
His
playground is strange and wild
Free
from all of life’s little pains
He’s
all of my vices
When
I smoke or drink too long
He
the one who pays the prices
While
singing his shanty song
When
a surgeons knife unroofs his house
He
hides behind my bladder
He
stays as quiet as a mouse
Til
alone again, climbs my uterus like a ladder
It’s
not my fault when things go wrong
The
monster must be scheming
Distracting
my hands with his song
Pulling
my mind into his dreamings
Blame
the monster inside me
If
I quiver or quake
Blame
the monster inside me
If
my nervous hands shake.
Blame
the monster inside me
When
I falter or fail-
But
you’ll never catch the monster
Even
if you see the tip of his tail
He’s
crafty and sly
He
knows where to hide
I
will never say goodbye
To
my little monster inside
I think you should see a doctor about that.
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