Tribute for Acetabular
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Tribute for Acetabular
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.
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.
Re: Tribute for Acetabular
Ode to the Hip Huh? Very funny Carol. Hope my hips hold up a few more years.
I prefer to keep an open mind,....but not so much that my brains fall out.- Carl Sagan
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- nekot
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Thanks bags.
I hope your hips hold up too!!!
I hope your hips hold up too!!!
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Re: Tribute for Acetabular
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!
Re: Tribute for Acetabular
I really like the way you put this together nekot...I hope all is well now with you,
Reach Out And Love Someone
Slow Down And Look around
You Will Find Someone Who Needs You.....
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Thanks Deb.
I'm moving along...slow but steady...
I'm moving along...slow but steady...
Re: Tribute for Acetabular
of course there's a hip heaven....and theres a square heaven and a nerd heaven and a..........well never mind
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My Jesus hung out with thieves and sluts and liars, which Jesus do you worship?
---Todd Agnew
Perfection is my enemy
Procrastination is his cohort
Persistence is my sword
---Gordy
My Jesus hung out with thieves and sluts and liars, which Jesus do you worship?
---Todd Agnew
Perfection is my enemy
Procrastination is his cohort
Persistence is my sword
---Gordy
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gordy wrote: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.
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Re: Tribute for Acetabular
Off to the bone yard... I like the flow of the poem... wish you a speedy recovery.
how ever slow
speeds up
as we grow
*
So much be said
with so few words
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Thanks for reading and commenting and the well wishes Lostnight and Nrip...
~carol
~carol
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PS: This prompted to recall that old song "Them Bones Gonna' Rise Again."LostNight wrote:Off to the bone yard... I like the flow of the poem... wish you a speedy recovery.
For some reason I always picture dancing skeletons with that song.
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Re: Tribute for Acetabular
I get a completely different picturenekot wrote:PS: This prompted to recall that old song "Them Bones Gonna' Rise Again."
For some reason I always picture dancing skeletons with that song.
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preston wrote:I get a completely different picturenekot wrote:PS: This prompted to recall that old song "Them Bones Gonna' Rise Again."
For some reason I always picture dancing skeletons with that song.
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