headache

strobe light massacre spasms sparking metal friction fictions whine while bodies surge anonymous, unyielding and assaulting my perimeter

~~~

cats and cold, computers and christmas and wars

breakdowns, meltdowns, shakedowns and overdrawn again

some one's smearing bengay in my sinuses

some one's shish-kabobing my temples

sledgehammering railroad spikes through my scapula

~~~

i want it to stop

escape into the weeping november fields the abandoned woods where bodies wash up

or stick in clumps of river brush and maple babies

underneath the airtight bridge

build me a log cabin,

but no I couldn't bear the splintering thwack of the axe violating logs

lets' crawl into a tipi and make out

until the icy rain lets up