clicking at a clip
like high heels
strutting to stay up
stopping might make teeter
the uncertain heart
open-whoosh-close-whoosh-open-whoosh
hear the blood
check the pulse
touch the tempo
a persistent whisper:
click-clack-whoosh-whoosh-open-close
oh
no
it’s synapses, not ventricles
that slow
no!
Oh,
thoughts swirling
sluggishly
drowsily
like blood in milk
curling,
winding,
halting—
hiccup! hiccup!
taste the tang
diffusing
patiently
like blood in mouth
tinny, untamed
taking back the brain
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