- undiagnosed makes no difference
i prescribe you paracetamol and sparkling water
and more paracetamol and sparkling water
until your liver chokes and you fold
and i hope you spit bile
into biodegradable cups
with green leaves printed on the sides
in vegetable ink
and your whole body contorts
so wipe your face on the rim of the paper cup
and i hope your dreams are unclear
and unsafe, semi-lucid, not quite here or there
i hope they are saturated with the faces
of dead, hateful men
that come back from beyond the grave
to stare at you, and drown you in your own paranoia
and i hope it knocks some sense into you
when they miss your veins three...
four times
and a big purpleblue bruise flourishes, hidden in the
crook of your elbow, warm
like a mammal flower, and it depends on you like a dog
and i hope you mourn it when it dies