I wonder how long it will continue
to balance my head, keep it upright,
not collapse under its degenerative existence.
I wake to snap, crackle and hopefully pop.
I wake to snap, crackle and hopefully pop.
The pop is key some days. Snap the
description of relief, pressure abated
until stiffening resumes. Crackle is
like that oral sensation from Pop Rocks;
how my tongue loved a good firecracker!
A veteran to a slow demise, I elongate
A veteran to a slow demise, I elongate
my entire self on a sturdy mat and hope for the best.
Holistic remedies may sustain the longest without
gastrointestinal invasions along the way.
Sometimes electrical currents flow along a tangle
of nerves, reaching even places not to blame.
The temples, the eyes: innocent bystanders
swept up in the crime, guilty by close association.
What I do know is that there will only ever be
What I do know is that there will only ever be
varying degrees of toleration; good days, bad days,
and sometimes good months, bad months.
I'm at the mercy of Mother Nature
but she is just doing her job.
Perhaps her works will better suit me southerly.
Currently in what I call a "bad month,"
I ponder this more and more.
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