Tuesday, February 5, 2013

poem of the day 02.05.13


allergy pills and diet beer

i am mucus
and blood in my nose

a throat as raw as uncooked meat

allergy pills and diet beer
on a saturday night

i am a sinus infection infecting this room
a splitting headache on the couch
before dawn

nothing by allergy pills and diet beer
in my system

i am weak legs and an upset stomach
itching, watery eyes and the shits

allergy pills and diet beer
moaning in the evening snow

i am flesh and flab and muted taste buds
clogged ears and a clogged mouth

allergy pills and diet beer
passing out into a sweating bed
with orange juice and organic tea chasers

i am dead weight and a sullied mind
promise diluted and  prostrate on the puke-stained floor

allergy pills and diet beer
mainlined in to my bloodstream

the television blaring my sadness
the radio humming my misery
the books unread and mocking

no hot water in the place to speak of

i am coughing fits
and pulled muscles

allergy pills and diet beer
on the menu ad infinitum

unshaved for days
in the same clothing for a week

a red and splotch half-man
waiting on death

waiting on sweat death
to come and lift me from this chemical bog

and into amazing grace.

                                                

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