cough
doo dad
had
a
piece
of
golden
fleece
it
turned
grey
today
.
010423
...
birdmad
A
physical
when
i
was
17.
some
doddering
old
doctor
with
his
impossibly frigid
hands
(
as
if
they'd
been
soaking
in
icewater) clad
in
clammy
rubber
gloves
,
and
me
with
my
briefs
around
my
ankles.
i
had
never
heard
such
nonsense
.
turn
my
head
and
cough.
"
why
?"
i
asked
indignantly.
"
It's
not
as
though
i
breathe
through
that
thing
."
010423
...
unhinged
i
have
a
particularly nasty
one
at
the
moment
. colds
are
not
fun
when
it's
humid
.
010423
...
arachnodactyl
this
one
cracks
like
a
snare
drum.
i
feel
my
ribs
split
and
splinter
.
will
i
survive
the
winter
?
yeah
.
probably
.
it's
just
a
cold
.
or
bronchitis.
or
anything
else
.
fuck
,
who
knows?
certainly
not
the
doctor
, prescribing steroid puffers
for
what
clearly
ins't
asthma
.
that's
another
fact
.
not
asthma
.
sucks
to
your
ass
-mar.
sucks
your
ass
to
mars
.
sometimes
,
in
the
midst
of
a
fit
,
i
run
off
into
space
so
as
to
not
encounter
my
body's
alarms
. outer
space
has
many
charms,
and
the
way
i
shake
is
anything
but
.
131123
...
raze
enough
.
you've
made
your
point
,
you
mean
-spirited remnant
of
an
unwanted
summer
cold
.
time
to
move
on
to
whatever
afterlife
a
cough
has
to
look
forward
to
,
whether
it's
an
itch
in
the
crotch
of
a
cartoon
frog
or
the
sound
of
a
stomach
growling
ten
miles
away
.
180909
...
nr
what
if
your
coughs
last
longer
because
every
time
you
cough,
you're
getting
rid
of
something
inside
you
that
needs
to
get
out
?
and
there
a
lot
of
somethings?
211108
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from
