2001/elbow

My elbow hurts
and my thumbs.
I am breaking down,
falling a part.
A pulled groin.
A chronic pain
in my leg that
keeps me awake
at night.
Nothing ever gets
fixed.
I am a bone
yard,
in a pink flamingo-
colored t-shirt.
Studying inflammatory
response,
SPECT scans of
the brain.
The way I see
other people
with stacks of books
on Italy
or Spain.

8/1/01