you’re an uninvited guest <br />and my spine is your reluctant host <br />here you are, all ensconced in my body’s <br />pivot point <br />I wish you’d quit this joint <br /> <br />you waltzed right in <br />and couched in my vertebrae <br />you kicked up your feet on the cushion <br />and lit a cigarette <br />burning sciatic scars down my left leg <br /> <br />it was you <br />cloaked as a herniated disc <br />that urged my flesh and bone into the ER <br />and under the knife of a neurosurgeon <br />muscle doesn’t forgive blade-insults <br /> <br />and now you double yourself <br />to loiter not only in my lower back <br />but also stubbornly in my right elbow <br />you tendinitis thug <br />arthritis bully <br />spasm punk <br />you’re so manipulative <br />and antisocial <br />preying on weaknesses <br />and capitalizing on rusty-stuck exit-door hinges <br /> <br />I fear I haven’t seen the most of you <br />I fear your clones <br />and the chronic way in which this house of mine permits your trespass <br /> <br />© 2014 All rights reserved<br /><br />Michelle Claus<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/chronic-pain-part-1/
