A Pocketful of Poesy was and is again a Poem-a-Day(-on-Average) Blog! For 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and now for 2017 and going forward, you may expect to see 365 poems every year, 366 for leap years.

but aren't they all random?

Friday, February 01, 2019

tiny sharp vessel

Subtle
like a ghost of a smile
as the needle slips out
from the vein
- somehow, still

shivery cold.

You're not sure

what the test or
the medicine's for,
or which it is anymore,

truth told.

You are on your way

Somewhere there's a sting,

somewhere there's an ache

somewhere there's a wait

for a sudden chill
that always comes
through

- when you least
expect, until it stops
as you know it will, for

so much of
you.

And the rest
will be taken away for a spell,
somewhere quiet to rest,
someplace safe

to be ill.

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