Wednesday, October 7, 2009

an anxious alphabet

thetemperature
d
r
o
p
sandthebodyreacts
beyondphysiologicalhabits
thistimeyourmindisthecatalyst
thisconVULsionandskinJUMPing
offtendonsthetensionofneck
andelbowstuckedclose
toyourwRiThInGform-
it's panic.
youarecrying
withnocontrolandtryingto
remindyourselfthatnoonedies
fromthisbutyourlipsare
flu-tter-ingbreath s l o w s to
the most
comotose
pose.
Before you know it,
it's over.
And instead of celebration
in its departure,
you linger on fear
of their return.

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