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A bunion had crushed the second toe and rather than go through the pain and time off my feet to have it reconstructed I opted to have it removed. We asked for it to take it home, permission was given, and it’s been buried in the yard. All this is true. Micky’s idea. There will be photos. She put a Buddha statuette over it and I wrote this: <\/p>\n
The secession of my toe<\/p>\n
From the nation of my frame<\/p>\n
Is not an accident<\/p>\n
Nor effort to make lame –<\/p>\n
The smaller toe was bullied<\/p>\n
By an oligarchical toe;<\/p>\n
It determined to redefine itself,<\/p>\n
find another way to grow –<\/p>\n
It calculated keenly<\/p>\n
That forcing amputation<\/p>\n
Would bring about a triumph:<\/p>\n
No not an abdication –<\/p>\n
And so it twitched a hint<\/p>\n
As to burial \u2018neath a rose,<\/p>\n
Which it would in time takeover<\/p>\n
Till the shrub gave fruit to toes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A bunion had crushed the second toe and rather than go through the pain and time off my feet to have it reconstructed I opted to have it removed. We asked for it to take it home, permission was given, and it’s been buried in the yard. All this is true. Micky’s idea. There will…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n