After the Sciatica

my left leg went wooden
paradoxically
it hurt like hell

in-between the agony
meditation
i am not this body i thought
i am not these thoughts i thought
i am not even this mind i said
to myself


i am not this self
my self replied

it was then
that i experienced

a minor - no

a pigmy epiphany
just a wee inkling

(size isn't everything)

smiling on the inside
i made myself a whisky-sour
a strong one

that moment of enlightenment
was as good as any
I’ve had so far
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