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After Illness

Rediscovering
normal pain –
stiff neck, sore back,
the odd migraine –

I tell myself
that’s how I know
it’s over and
I’m good to go

back to the world
in my usual role
at home, at work
and thus to stroll

into a future
now likely to be
a little bit less
temporary.

Tom Vaughan

If you have any thoughts on this poem,  Tom Vaughan  would be pleased to hear them.

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