Walking through a crowd one day
Being told the next
That there could have been major carnage
Is unsettling
Even if the pressure cooker bombs were inert
The intent was there
My aortic valve is another pressure cooker
Ready to explode
But it’s under surveillance too
So I smile as my blood is drawn
Enjoy a short wait in Medical Imaging before a chest X-Ray
I am not terrorized by failed plots
From without or within
I don’t believe in might have beens
Or populate alternative realities with fear and trepidation
I have enough trust left to appreciate policing
That forestalls bombs and heart attacks
Leaving me walking this path only a little shook up
By potential devastation
Defused
David Trudel © 2013
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Walking through a crowd one day
Being told the next
That there could have been major carnage
Is unsettling
Even if the pressure cooker bombs were inert
The intent was there
My aortic valve is another pressure cooker
Ready to explode
But it’s under surveillance too
So I smile as my blood is drawn
Enjoy a short wait in Medical Imaging before a chest X-Ray
I am not terrorized by failed plots
From without or within
I don’t believe in might have beens
Or populate alternative realities with fear and trepidation
I have enough trust left to appreciate policing
That forestalls bombs and heart attacks
Leaving me walking this path only a little shook up
By potential devastation
Defused
David Trudel © 2013
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Filed under Cardiology, Poetry
Tagged as aortic stenosis, blank verse, bomb plots, bomb scare, creative writing, creativity, free verse, heart attacks, metaphor, poetry, social commentary, terror