Tribute for Acetabular

[nekot]

Tribute for Acetabular

You served well
You grew with me
Together we ran, we jumped, we danced
We made love

Every moment you were with me

Your pain then spoke
Sometimes I'd listen
Other times I'd push through
Cursing you beneath my breath

You heard every utterance

I'm sorry for my bitter words
Still, you continued to serve
The best you could
Still, you made your pain known

Now you are forever gone

In a matter of half-hours
Incision, folds, cuts, disengagement
It was time, you see
You lived with unforgiving pain

So did I

I think you'd be pleased
With your surrogate
Your peers and I have accepted it
Welcomed it, though it can never be you

It doesn't pulse with the life you had

Yet, it is becoming one with us
And we believe it will serve well
Valiantly, and hopefully
For our length of days

I honor you

I will not forget you
Thank you for your decades
Of life and service
I wonder....

Is there a hip heaven?

August 20, 2008



http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art ... lekey=6672
Joint, acetabular: The hip joint by another name. The acetabulum is the cup-shaped socket of the hip joint. It is a key feature of the pelvic anatomy. The head (upper end) of the femur (the thighbone) fits right into the acetabulum, articulates with it, and thereby forms a ball-and-socket joint, the largest in the human body.

The term "acetabulum" is appropriate because in Latin it is a cup, a vinegar cup.

[bags123]

Ode to the Hip Huh? Very funny Carol. Hope my hips hold up a few more years.

[nekot]

Thanks bags.

I hope your hips hold up too!!!

[moonflower]

very entertaining piece!..(i thought it was about a beloved pets' passing away til i read it through to the end).. hip heaven!..what an imaginative thought! ..thoroughly enjoyed this!

[nekot]

Thanks Val!!!

[Debbie]

I really like the way you put this together nekot...I hope all is well now with you,

[nekot]

Thanks Deb.

I'm moving along...slow but steady...

[gordy]

of course there's a hip heaven....and theres a square heaven and a nerd heaven and a..........well never mind

[nekot]

of course there's a hip heaven....and theres a square heaven and a nerd heaven and a..........well never mind

Cute...

And of course a Rock N Roll heaven...complete with The Righteous Bros.

[nrip4life]

well done......

[LostNight]

Off to the bone yard... I like the flow of the poem... wish you a speedy recovery.

[nekot]

Thanks for reading and commenting and the well wishes Lostnight and Nrip...


~carol

[nekot]

Off to the bone yard... I like the flow of the poem... wish you a speedy recovery.

PS: This prompted to recall that old song "Them Bones Gonna' Rise Again."

For some reason I always picture dancing skeletons with that song.

[preston]

PS: This prompted to recall that old song "Them Bones Gonna' Rise Again."

For some reason I always picture dancing skeletons with that song.

I get a completely different picture

~

[nekot]

PS: This prompted to recall that old song "Them Bones Gonna' Rise Again."

For some reason I always picture dancing skeletons with that song.

I get a completely different picture

~