Posted by jen (203.109.239.163) on October 06, 2001 at 12:29:10:
HEADACHE
Neural drumbeats pounding, pounding
In the jungle of my brain
Cerebral hammers thumping thumping
Oh the thunder. O the pain.
A skull that is a size too small
To hold the thudding row within
Neck and muscles cable taut
Tensing to the dendrite din
Eyeballs aching, temples pulsing
Scalp is stretching like a drum
Teeth are aching, think my fillings
Amplify my headache’s thrum
Little men with hammers crashing
Beating a demonic air
Making horseshoes at the anvil
In the forge beneath my hair
A sudden sound, a sudden move
A sudden sneeze or cough
Will burst the boiler in my brain
And blow my head right off.