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Remorseless Sweaty Palms

Remorseless sweaty palms

despite being prescribed glycopyrrolate.

Though the angst riddled psyche of mine crafted youth, long since receded, ebbed in the past, infringement, impingement, and indecent wracking wrath of mental illness, that even as a middle aged mwm of lxiv bold faced roam min times, I can acclimatize, characterize, empathize, harmonize, italicize, and massage sympathy for prevailing physiological symptoms of  =>
 
Sweaty Palms
an ur...bane curse 
worse than mega death
aggravating enough fo' me 
to resort tit take or meth
speed dilly, and then not 
getting ticked off watching Seth
Thomas - thee clock man 
ewe fact chore er, and his hands 
incrementally inch to...
regarding the aforementioned 
relentless frenzied state.
 
No idea when the chronic onset 
of sweaty palms first burst forth 
upon thy totally tubular 
handsome grooves that criss cross 
the flat skin surface of my hands. 

These lines called 'palmar flexion creases' 
develop before birth. 

This modern day bipedal hominid i.e. human 
primate attests (like the average person) 
two main lines across the palm, 
but some have a single 'Simian crease'. 

Profuse outpouring of perspiration 
(as if Biblical Flood gates opened) 
oft times directly related to adrenaline 
coursing through every pore 
sans the underside of my hands) 
reflexively followed by swiping 
said clamminess (in vein) 
on clothing or woolen pocket size cloth 
brought along with me everywhere I go 
(cuz a lamb might not part ways with mother 
Mary (of story book fame), 
and this chap would shear lee feel sheepish 
toting extremely cumbersome 
to tote in the event this intimation 
predicated on decades worth of experience, 

when in the throes potential 
such ordinary action strongly shaking,
grasping or holding hands took place 
occurred sopping wet
clangorous human clapper, 
(which frenzied trickling akin 
to a vicious feedback loop), 
my psyche feels under staccato 
rat-a-tat siege from an 
unknown invisible enemy), 
the natural inclination 
to withdraw myself 
from bad company of others helps 
stave of self-consciousness. 

This avoidance of socialization 
subsequently impedes any promotion 
of a hankering viz genuine friendship, 
employment and desiring carefree 
bona fide affectionate 
bonding with family of origin and/or 
thy two precious progeny. 

Understandable per the human reaction
to shrink away and recoil quickly 
when pressed to touch
what feels like a wet noodle. 

Ah…courtesy of Google 
I now know sweaty palms sports 
a dignified name known as palmar 
Hyperhidrosis. 

Here all along (meaning the majority 
of my LXIV chronological 
hash tagged buzz feeding 
orbitz around the sun) 
this plague constitutes 
a bona fide medical condition. 

Also reassuring to realize, 
this generic guy need not 
count himself alone 
in the sopping wet wilderness re: this plague.

Such problematic health condition 
impacts, comprises, and affects 
one to two percent of the world’s population. 

One Doctor Rafael Riesfeld 
purportedly knuckles down 
and makes hand over fist handsome income. 

Will power alone seems 
a dauntlessly futile endeavor 
to rid oneself of this disruptive condition. 

Try as one might to put a lockdown 
on the propensity for sweat glands 
(synonymous with the term eccrine) 
are pack within sub surfaces of 
hands, forehead and feet. 

As linkedin to the sympathetic  
nervous system, the body electric 
under stress activates said glands. 

Profuse moisture dripping 
like a faulty faucet 
severely affected everyday activities 
of my existence since a young adult. 

Frustration to complete a simple task 
such as opening a doorknob, 
using the laptop, and even writing 
concomitantly associated 
with droplets of water soiling  
green sleeves to appear near saturated. 

Without fail interpersonal ambitions 
hi-jacked when wet as a dishrag hands 
found me disinclined 
to experience social rejection. 

Though sprung from overactive 
predisposition to anxiety, these secret
tory organs get exacerbated 
with the honorable privilege of
being gifted with panic attacks, 
offers little consolation. 

your prospective clammy handy dandy 
blues clues budding friend 
where chocolate candy
melts in my hands not my mouth.

Copyright © Matthew Harris

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