Rhyming Poetry

Oscillopsia

a poem about living with a chronic illness

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a pleasant side effect
not disabling… …yet
reminiscent of psilocybin
but it’s the calm before… then

this will catch me stumbling
pins and needle-numbing
the hound’s faint snarl and moan
permeates my evening tea and scone

my brain cannibalizing itself
immune system betraying myself
sometimes i walk around like a zombie
and people think i’m mopey, probably

and i might be, but i try my best
to keep it under wraps, no stress

meat and potatoes
meat and potatoes

meat
and
potato.

© Jozef Cain, 2024.