Today the breeze that's causing the branches outside to bob gently up and down
Is causing the harrassing headache to gain rigour.
It's as if I can feel the rocking -
And every movement is magnified inside my head.
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I've got a fire burning inside.
For nights now I've been tossing and hissing
Throwing the quilt off then pulling it back up again,
Hair clinging against my damp neck.
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I've got a fire burning inside.
Chronic apathy punctuated with extremities of inflated emotion.
Like when Mt Pinatubo came to life after six centuries of inner harmony.
Like when an ice cube set deep in the freezer is thrown into boiling water.
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Body in hot tub
Crying, breathing, crying, hard.
Soon it will be fine.