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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