"Ode to Advil"
Tiny brown pills, coated with candy:
how you fit into my cupped palm--
the miracles that lie within!
How you come in other forms
liquigels / PM / cold & sinus / allergy sinus / migraine
The relief possibilities are endless!
You possess the power
to crush menstrual cramps
to chokehold toothaches
to suffocate any ache: muscle, bone, head
but above all, you wipe away
the remnants of excessive drinking
leaving a cloud to rest upon
If only you could remedy
that mother’s grating voice
pleasantly scolding a child
Impatience stuffed down
into the tiny coin pocket of her jeans
Please, dear Advil, cast her out
into the sun and expose her
for the fraud she is:
she is no Supermom.
Oh, candy of my eye!
Small tabs of delight!
I toss you in
to the back of my throat
gulp down some water
to chase you down
relish in knowing
you will
cure
all
this made me lol! Very awesome ode to an everyday object, I too feel like serenading tylenol on occasion haha! But I do like the turn in the poem when you bring the mom in...and the "Impatience stuffed down / into the tiny coin pocket of her jeans" and definitely the, "Please, dear Advil, cast her out" reminded me of an exorcism lol!
ReplyDeleteloved it - great job!