the first dregs of fever

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stinging
in the whites of my
short-sighted eyes.
snot
clogging up
my nostrils
and making me sneeze.
I want to rub my eyes
but then my eyeliner will get smeared
so I put up with the hay fever
and drink my coffee.

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