A New Illness
Shattered windows allow us to reflect on the storm outside.
The metal bars are not for grasping- they are electrified.
I am only narrowly awake.
I wonder if that’s a real earthquake.
Or if it’s simply me shaking while waiting for the voices to settle.
They tell me that it’s normal to ring like a kettle.
This place where treatment creates-
A new kind of illness that forms in our wake.
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