Monday, January 11, 2021

Bloodshot



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 Bloodshot


“Eyes are the window to the soul, especially if they

are bloodshot.”--Curtis Jackson.


When

you awaken

to a damn stye

in either eye

one must not

dab at it.


A formidable

infection

could ensue.


Always irritating,

a stye can

force you into

an emotional

roundabout.


Go

to the ophthalmologist,

and get that

unreadable prescription

for eye drops.


Glenn Buttkus


Quadrille


Posted over at d'Verse Poet's Pub

20 comments:

Ingrid said...

Excellent incorporation of all those 'dabs' into your Quadrille, Glenn! Eye infections can be pretty nasty...

De Jackson said...

Ha! I love all your sneaky dabblings here, Glenn.

brudberg said...

Ouch... I had to google stye... and it didn't bring me comfort...

Merril D. Smith said...

Clever use of dab. The stye situation doesn't sound fun.

Sanaa Rizvi said...

This is brilliantly executed, Glenn!๐Ÿ’ I agree, one should never dab when dealing with a stye.

indybev said...

Adept use of "dab" scattered throughout. Bravo

Ron. said...

LauDABle work indeed, Mr B.

Maggie C said...

Oh, ow! This one made my toes curl. I used to get styes as a child, and my mother would pop them with a sewing needle. It's a wonder I still can see.

Alexandra said...

Oh, so clever. CommenDABle, even.

Gillena Cox said...

Very interesting response to the prompt
Happy Monday

Much๐Ÿ’love

Truedessa said...

Those things hurt! I never was good with eye drops always missing my eye. lol..

calmkate said...

a dab hand at incorporating the prompt at several levels ... haven't had a sty in ages.

JadeLi said...

I love that opening quote. Hey wanted to let you know I have 3 books from Buk coming my way from the library, one about cats, one about drinking, and I forgot what the 3rd one is about. P.S. Is your character in your cinemagenic named him???

JadeLi said...

Named AFTER him I meant.

Tricia said...

I enjoyed this sound advice. I promise I won't touch it! ๐Ÿ‘

M. Jay Dixit said...

so clever!

Jane Dougherty said...

Good advice and I admire anyone who can administer eyedrops to themselves!

Kim M. Russell said...

I’ve been there – nasty things styes! One of the reasons I gave up contact lenses. Although I’ve never been tempted to dab. ๐Ÿ˜Š

lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.com said...

Ingenious! Being one who was always prone to styes, trying to get that ointment into my eye...you're captured it very well. About three months ago I ordered from some catalogue these eye covers....kind of like what people cover their eyes with when they want to sleep on a plane....but they're electric and meant for people who have dry eyes and problems with styes. You plug it in, put the eye covers on your eyes, they're on an elastic band that you adjust and put round the back of your head to hold them on (although I lie down with them) and then they heat up for exactly 20 minutes. I do it every morning as soon as I wake up. At the end of 20 minutes, you take them off and then, without opening your eyes, gently with one finger, "massage" - not the right word - start at top of eyelid and gently, touching eyelind, move finger from top to bottom...you do this across the eye. This "expresses the oils" in the underside of your eyelid. Heat feels GREAT and this has really worked for me. No more styes or sore eyes!!! But - your post sure resonates! Probably TMI ...but just in case you suffer from styes....this treatment works to prevent them!

Linda Lee Lyberg said...

I love the way you spattered words with 'dab' throughout your quadrille Glenn.