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.