November
30, 2006 (I
was 62)
induced sneeze
When I have fallen flat at a wall
I was sure I could run through
in front of those who said Let’s see you try
I have retreated to a dim room
to taste alone the bitter humiliation
and savor it until it soured
Rolled it around my tongue until
acrid vapors mount nasal cavities
through eye sockets to cloud the brain
A few conscious breaths
and the hum of aum resonating
within Eustachian tubes and facial bones
triggers the sneeze reflex
to atomize every distasteful degradation
in that clarified instant
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