Disarray

Isn't it funny
how the slightest tremor
can throw us into disarray, a shiver
a choke, a cough, hack
     Invasion
Until I'm heaving in bed
spewing sputum and
     gagging on phlegm
And suddenly it's not so funny anymore

And isn't it funny
how we never realize how delicate we are
that fragility
until it's too late
and we've            shattered
from                             and spirit
                    and                             and...
          body         mind

Just how violent the body is when attacked
How enraged the bitten ego-

"Shut up and give me some Codeine."