deep vein thrombosis
throbs through my whole
shell shock reverberates
shockwaves in my soul
musty sweet sickness
I know this of old
Tupperware bowl of
moldy oatmeal stone cold
gut lurching forward in
backward high-speed train
elevator major lift
minor fall migraine
crash land on reentry
rank, dank memory
rag rug pulled away
rage storm drowning me
panic attack ack-ack
mind's machine gun nest
can't find my gas mask
for air raid warden test
this ain't no test nor
car backfire sound
my heart knows the drill
of sucker punch pound
world without an end
they are mad again
me in the crosshairs
cue the great amen
comes the fusilade
flak- ack-ack attack
scapegoat in the middle
no one has my back
angry fingers drum
a morse code of shame
in military tattoo
stenciled on my brain
blindside blindman's bluff
family ambush game
everyone playing
pass the buck and blame
in clown monkey band
chimp on calliope
harpy harpsicord
what a travesty
dying but never done
death by 1000 jeers
hurts in ageless pain
I've cried out of tears
that's my legacy
left in the will
pocketful of empty
such a sour pill
it's some consolation
can't miss what I had not
and I just don't care
which oddly says a lot
Yes we've no patience
for nonsense today
just stupid head games
I don't want to play
Then Ack-ack subsides
like lake into shore
all quiet on this front
I could open the door...
(we now present the volta)
what to my wondering
eyes should appear
a cloud of witnesses
who holding held me dear
waiting in the wings
for their entrance bell
the new ones to love
past ones loved so well
Ave, elder sparks
I see your dim-bright
shadow fairies hover
hidden in plain sight
Time to free my Tao
and scrub clean the pain
in Babylon river
and Lake Michigan rain
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