WORRY

WORRY 1

Lis Kalogris 2024


Worrying too much about diagnoses



Like dementia, diabetes, depression 



Or if my rough spots are actinic keratosis



Or even if I spelled that correctly 



And COPD, LDL, BMI, FU et al. 



And what if I bite into this apple



And swallow my tooth? 






WORRY 2

Lis Kalogris 2024



Truth is I need to spend my worry ergs 



On possibly failing the PennDOT eye test 



Then what? 





WORRY 3 With deep reverence to Jenny Joseph’s “Warning”

Lis Kalogris 2024



I used to worry about what I should wear 



I still do but it’s different now 



Then, I wanted to fit in 



Now, I want to look like an elder priestess



Then, I wore ALL Black! All Black! 



Now, it’s all black with a startling raspberry beret 



(Like the one Prince sang about) 



And maybe a feather somewhere? 



(which, if the truth be known, I don’t have the guts to wear a feather but in my mind’s eye I’m wearing a Peacock feather). 

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