Covid Booster Blues
heat lightning against
a nighttime sky ~ random bolts
jagged energy
Covid booster shot
flared the same effect on me-
muscle lightning storms
sore left arm like a
petrified tangerine lump
hornet sting of pain
ice pick scraping skull
like a dentist drills a tooth
eye socket headache
trembling Jello ring
fetal position shivers
fire poker iceberg
warm-socked feet, blankets
tucked tight holding this body
weathering this storm
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