where I live: my block in winter
I feel like I must be escaping a terrible plague, so many people have come down sick lately. Hacking and coughing dry lungs into sweat soggy pillows during already too hot nights, the last of summer soaking through, feverskin betrayal, exhausting, white blood cells failing, eyes yellow, not enough vitamin C, not enough B12 or energy to fight. To all of you ill, I am sorry. If it would help for me to bring you tea, please tell me when.