ill

Steady rain.
Lifting yourself
out of bed as if
it requires a crane.

A defective
brain. An illogical
chemical reign.

Therapist
game. You've
got to train. Getting
rusty from the center
rather than the edges.

Bills. Saving kills.
What do you mean
the insurance doesn't
cover the hospital fee?

"Hello. We cover
you if you get sinusitis
but if you're in a mental
tug of war where you're
losing, well, you might
as well have lost."

... Shouldn't have
expected it to be
free...

Stop
tapping
your feet.
Are you going
to get up and
run away from me?

Maybe.

Don't remember
the poems I wrote
today. Don't remember
the poems I wrote yesterday.
Don't remember the poems I
wrote last week. Don't
remember the poem
I'm writing now.

"You'll get better, love."
Seeing it behind their eyelids:
the mutter of "somehow..."