Saturday, May 10, 2008

A Sick Man

Today, I am sick.
It's funny to me that 
I can say, without a
reservation, "I am sick
today," because what about
all the other days?

I had a chat with the devil--
only two weeks ago.

I'd wished I was dead
one month ago.

I tortured a cat
two months ago.

I cut your stomach
with a knife.

Three months ago I 
broke up with her.

Four months ago I
cried about how much
I cared.

But YES! I am sick
today.

More than other days--
because they have a name for it.

Bronchitis
with
residual sinus infection,
ear, 
nose &
throat.

The works.

So I'm not going in
to work either--and
they say some things
about idle hands I
can't quite remember.

The mind is surprisingly limber in this phase of sickness:
the body seems to suffer from the attack of invisible enemies,
but the mind is moving manically, maniacally, forward.

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