Confined in an Abstract Decline

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Confined in an Abstract Decline

all i can feel

is the thundering of my heart beat

the swelling of my throat

the burning acid that has become my saliva

the cloged feeling in the upper region of my nose

the blistering ring in my ears

the dull ache in my head.

One minute I'm a burning ember

the next I'm a frozen plain.

Will it ever stop?

I shiver one second.

I gasp the next.

Sipping water is an emence task.

Eating has become impossible.

Is this what dieing feels like?

Is this the end?

I imagine myself in a hospital,

surronded by doctors.

Unable to make the call.

I exagerate the sinario in my mind.

but all it is,

is a measly cold.

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