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DARE TO FLY

By Dan Donlan, www.PoetryPoem.com/dandy1    Unlock all Features - Upgrade to Poetry Prime

It looks easy when Superman does it
Flying that is!
7 hours in the emergency room
Four days extensive care
And I can roll out of bed on my own
Why do these dudes use drugs?
Just make me dizzy and vivid scary dreams
of falling backwards down the stairs
I suppose the first attempt
Should have been head first not backward
And not use the staircase
Wife still wants garbage taken out
Grown man don't dare pout
So my Doctor is a tough ex-marine
First thing he says to me
When you sign to defend your country
You know that you are committing your life
We are a brotherhood in the military
I am not here to be your nurse
I'm here to teach you to get,
"Your head out of the rear portion of your anatomy."
"Now I want you to touch your palms on the floor."
Airman, I couldn't cry in front of a Marine
I touched the floor saw Angels hovering
But things are getting better only hurt
When I cough or laugh and I'm tough
But I ain't dumb no more going backwards
or down the stairs not using the rail
Plus, I walked out and got the mail







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