Headache

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A headache shot through my head like a bullet train late for an important meeting

with the publisher he's been trying to meet for the past 3 years.

It felt like

All the voices in my head built up in my throat.

The air, struggling to get out, pushing through and threatening to spill over like a waterfall

There were screams I almost let go.

Face like land

Tears like lava

Burning down the trees that grew out of the makeup I caked on my face this morning.

The pounding

in my head

gets stronger with

Each

Passing

Moment.

The blood cells running through my ears like kids late for class sound

Like a plane taking off

Like pushing through a crowded train station on a Friday before a three day weekend

Like Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

With a sharp pain behind the eyes

I blink away all my troubles.

Letting them continue as-

A headache.


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