indicated.
originates in my tailbone,
an ache, as though having fallen recently,
but not having fallen recently,
the harbinger of something more nefarious.
the next hour it shimmies
shivers up my spine,
splits at the base of my neck;
slides down my arms, elbows,
tying into knuckle joints,
a game of uncle i never win.
slips sandpaper into my throat,
rasps, cheesegraters, etc.
ladders up the rungs of my neck
into the hypothalamus to cast
feverish nets across my face;
the big catch of the day,
one twenty seven year old immune system.
i am afraid that it is coming. i've got aches everywhere and i feel wretched.
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