Swallow I haven't taken my Zoloft in 4 days, and my body twitches.There's no excuse, it is one swallow.I tend to think about how many times I had gotten sick in my youth.I thought my mother might be poisoning me;and that must sound absurd.I was tol…  | By The Rising Phoenix Review on August 25, 2024 | Swallow I haven't taken my Zoloft in 4 days, and my body twitches.
There's no excuse, it is one swallow.
I tend to think about how many times I had gotten sick in my youth.
I thought my mother might be poisoning me;
and that must sound absurd.
I was told that I had contracted whooping cough
two weeks after I was born,
but it doesn't explain why I thought the flour
on a hot dog bun was some sort of poisonous substance.
There's no excuse, it is one swallow.
Maybe I'll go outside, and take
a piece of the earth and swallow it.
I'll swallow a rock,
I'll swallow the grass;
and I'll swallow a stick.
I'll rip up the pages of my favorite novels,
crinkle them down into small balls, and swallow them.
I'll find my favorite toy from my youth, Optimus Prime,
The one that I had chewed to bits, and finish the job.
Dust and all, I'll swallow the mites
and let them colonize me.
I'll swallow a liquid,
and I'll swallow a gas.
I'll swallow my pesty neighbor
before he gets to ask me how I'm doing.
I'll swallow you, I'll say and I'll grab his annoying
La Croix can out of his hands and swallow it whole.
I'll feel bad and spit it back up,
I'll swallow white wine and Tylenol.
I'll swallow my therapist and his notes.
I'll swallow a church and a dick.
I'll swallow my pride.
I promise I won't forget to swallow my pills again.
My mother used to make me chew up soap,
and swallow it, and maybe she was trying to help. By Thomas Dorr Biography: Thomas Dorr's writing explores queer themes while residing in the conservative state of Florida. He blends humor with social and political commentary to create an accessible form of activism for queer rights. | | | |
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