hospital

stage fright was it?
called again into
endless darkness

despite my protest
in light in the ambulance
hospital rules take over

mammogram for a seizure?
needless tests
excessive drugs

resolved to check myself out
I fall in unknown ways
the darkness is on my face

eyes black and blue
my brain bleeds
more and more tests

for weeks my coccyx screams
with each cough
my muscles shred pain

how is it possible
in a place of healing
to injure yourself so much?

I leave my brain on a CD