Dark, unreasonably cold.
Eyes close to sleep,
No escape, no exit,
only misery
until it passes, or I do.
Light turns to haze,
turns to gray, turns to night.
turns to gray, turns to night.
Eyes close to sleep,
retinal nerves rasp,
pounding pain with every
pounding pain with every
thought that scatters, shreds,
diffuses between me
and the coffee table
Sweat cold and searing
temperature, aches.
diffuses between me
and the coffee table
Sweat cold and searing
temperature, aches.
Can't walk. Can't sleep.
Can't focus. Can barely think.
Down aspirin and Tequila.
Seek warmth in which to hide.
Cowardly covered on the couch
shivering sweats, damp sheets,
Seek warmth in which to hide.
Cowardly covered on the couch
shivering sweats, damp sheets,
head hooded, nose running.
This house is not silent.
Clock pounds on the wall.
This house is not silent.
Clock pounds on the wall.
Refrigerator roars
and explodes to a halt.
and explodes to a halt.
Cats stomp around
the hardwood floors
the hardwood floors
roaring for food,
jump from couch back
to my side, crushing me
into the cushions.
jump from couch back
to my side, crushing me
into the cushions.
No escape, no exit,
only misery
until it passes, or I do.
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