~
buried in the small print
that few will ever read, is
every possible scenario
that taking this pill may cause
as well as the one intended
conveniently leaving death
to the very end, reassuring,
for me it’s a form of tinnitus,
not unpleasant,
like rubbing cloth
then it begins
its imminent arrival,
starts at my nose, a stinging chill
swiftly moving down my arms
goose bumps appear, then
a shudder through my body
lasting only a second or two,
my mother would have said
someone’s just walked over my grave
and then as quickly as it came
it’s gone, strange!
all this hidden, buried
somewhere in the small print
*
© Graham R Sherwood 04/23
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