3 cures for love sickness
- Moe Godat
- Sep 23, 2017
- 1 min read
Sometimes the only way to overcome your sickness is to embrace it. One way to cure it? Throw it up on paper.
Sniffles
I remember
My nose in his
sweaty hair
sniffing out
hot dogs
dust
salt
softball
pulling me into
how it used to be
forgetting where
I am.
cavity
My earth spins
as I lay in bed
eating
thinking
and mindlessly watching
TV
a method for
coping
a distraction
to take my
focus from
my missing
heart
Toxins
Red eating white
leaves burning
smoke
kisses both at
the same
time
Weeks organized with
pill boxes
filled
meant to be
swallowed dry
to feel
whole
Each day holding
a new
ache
stacking up over
time
teaching me to
multiply
Ashes mix with
spit
on her
tongue
making ink
writing it down
like the
cure
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