knickers on the clothesline in their rainbow order
by Pauline June Ross (who survived)

Time to change her diet-- not so hard, she was almost vegetarian, anyway. Her kids had covered up the vegetable garden with straw, to keep it mulched and open, and keep the weeds away. Now thanks to Dr. Holly and Dr. Branny, she was becoming strong enough to go back to work on it soon. Until then, there was an organic farm nearby
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“There once as a woman who de-toxified
Her husband stood by, horribly mortified
Please eat these chips
Put some weight on those hips
Please eat this cake
You’re as thin as a rake
Eat this cream bun
I love you, my hon
Please eat these fries
Tone up those thighs
Please eat this Jelly
Plump up that belly
Please eat this donut
Sweeten that butt
No can do ------ I’m nearly de-toxified”
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Polly went out to the vegetable garden to see what was happening, and pulled back the straw. She found potatoes she must have planted two years before, during the gloomy time, and forgotten about. One was eaten by a slug, oh well. The rest were happy and heathy and smiled at her. Life was taking a good turn if she could go back to vegetable gardening. She was so pleased she had the kids cover the garden with straw
Dum spiro spero. While I breathe I hope


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Now Polly visualized a re-aligned energy field back in balance, a row of seven untwisted knickers on a clothes line, the self healing Yang Yin, and her prodigal soul coming back. Quite the visualization.
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She walked along the forest trail, trees, the meadow, the creek, and back to the pond. In here she threw a wish for all of these things. Are they not all the same?

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And here came the the dog to help out------
"godog"

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Back came the woman, now de-toxified.
She went through the cupboards.
What's this trying to hide?
Out goes the toothpaste,
Baking soda has good taste.

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Out goes "LUCIOUS LU"
Zinc in shampoo?
No can do.

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The under arm has a charm
Aluminum Zirconium Tetrachloro Glycene don't
Have charm, that is.
Maybe crystalized mineral salts. Try this.



What's this? "SLOSHY BODY WASH"
No list of ingredients, not even water, gosh
Maybe it's sand, and nothing more.
Time to find ahealth food store.


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Then check out the make-up-
Lipstick- no ingredients.
Creamy tan face- no ingredients.
Eyeshadow- no ingedients.
Goodbye to all of it!

Send for a wagon, send for a truck,
Off to the dump goes all this muck!




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"There once was a hiker named Polly
Who found going the wrong way
Was pure folly
She went up a peak
Wound up down in the creek
Now a flat ground walker
Is Polly"
But, still walking!
The wheelchair now parked in the garden shed, an ad in the paper, someone can use it, she'll phone.
Across the arms was resting a half used box of catheters, thank you, Dr. Holly, once more, and forever!
No more repulsive catheter kits stuffed into a pack, she'll braid them into a wreath, and hang it on the wall.

(gee, looked like a labyrinth)

VICTORY

ΝΙΚΗ νικη

VICTORIA

These three words
mean
VICTORY
VICTORY
VICTORY

One flat mile, easy enough. Two flat miles, puff, puff, but okay. Three flat miles, getting very tired. Stop for lunch, okay after a while, glad to go back, slowly. Still walking, still walking, still walking!

"Too much grief
Too much sorrow
Good thing we know
There is joy
Tomorrow"

Still walking!
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(Polly
  kept
Dasher)
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copyright © text and illustrations  Pauline June Ross 2001, 2002
(and Sarah)


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