Curses of Verses: A Head Injury Tale

By M. Renae Dubois

M. Renae Dubois’ first novel was written in the months and years following a Traumatic Brain Injury, (TBI/ABI), as a result of a Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) at age 16. The author has used a conversational style of poetry, rhyming and rhythmic, and it is similar in subject to how M. Renae Dubois speaks of her experience:- with candor and a little irreverent. As a result of the symptoms of this event and the areas of the brain affected, the author found herself an easy target for lecherous men, and friendships with unscrupulous individuals. Being naturally philosophical, reasonably intelligent and brought up in a very right wing Christian culture, this piece shows some of the thought processes and lifestyle/career choices that accompanied the protagonist/author in these early years. Unmedicated. Undiagnosed. Untreated. Undone.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Oct 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664101302

Book preview

Ode

The clatter of the combination

Of cafe crowd and coffee espresso

Kept a continuous cacophony

Of controlled chaos.

The populace of particulars

Postured pretentiously,

Playing at the picture of

Post-pubescent parody.

Simmering, my spirit

Stung in the symphony as

Suspicion and scorn

Swelled in my soul

Beginning

I had a major head injury

A coma for a week

I was driving with a family friend

Hit a truck on narrow street

Now I’ve left my high school

I’ve got a job as well

But I can’t control my wayward mouth

And my burning inner swell

I want to have a life! I said

"I want to eat it up.

I want to take off all my clothes

And give everyone my trust!"

Claret

As I sit with glass in front of me,

I am inclined to think

Of all that lies ahead of me

Including this foul drink

I’d like to be an artist

But I am no good at art

I’d like to be a composer

Cause music’s in my