in your joints
up nose
, achy head
lower back is killing you
literally.
The next day you feel worse
you ever shake this bug?
Not likely.
Then the sores come
, dark, scary
know something’s not quite right
in a pool of sweat
own wastes, deadly
In the end when it has liquefied
, when you crash
pouring from every orifice
medical phenomenon known as
“ out”
everyone around you
You breathe your last and think—
feels like the flu at first.
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