a get well card for your brain
except without the fancy envelope
one you receive from your grandfather
when he sees it on the news
the rate at which heartbreak sets in is
fast
it seems slow, and somewhat stale
like taking Tylenol and waiting
waiting for a headache to dissipate
but the headache stays right where it is
moving an inch out the door
for every apology
my headache gives me chocolates and kisses me goodnight
but he'll return in the early hours
to read the morning paper
