Todd WootenSep 1, 20231 min readMosquitoUpdated: Sep 3, 2023Rated 0 out of 5 stars.No ratings yetI don’t know if I am extremely sensitive or life is unbearable - Vincent Van Goghsix feet tickle my forearm, instinct says to swatbut I still and watch your proboscis plungemy veins flow with backwash, tomorrow theirritated skin will scream and nails will rakeand microscopic outbreaks will damage organsthe steady hands of the nurse drain meinto vials, my vision a centrifugeorange juice, weak treatment for thepressure that crushes my fever dreamssaline another failed solution for the heatchirps and PA announcements sing in my broken sleep like a chorus of whalesthe smell of family and flowers diffusescattered voices whisper - resistant - parasite -my spleen shivers beneath the protective sheets
I don’t know if I am extremely sensitive or life is unbearable - Vincent Van Goghsix feet tickle my forearm, instinct says to swatbut I still and watch your proboscis plungemy veins flow with backwash, tomorrow theirritated skin will scream and nails will rakeand microscopic outbreaks will damage organsthe steady hands of the nurse drain meinto vials, my vision a centrifugeorange juice, weak treatment for thepressure that crushes my fever dreamssaline another failed solution for the heatchirps and PA announcements sing in my broken sleep like a chorus of whalesthe smell of family and flowers diffusescattered voices whisper - resistant - parasite -my spleen shivers beneath the protective sheets
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