A physical therapy article
Say it’s only in rare cases
That back pain turns out
To be a tumor

The investigator writes me,
“I don’t know what will be decided,
But your cooperation and honesty
Will certainly be in my report”

My fears of being stuck in a cell
With another inmate, larger
And able to overpower me
Might subside, if only for today

But I am still stuck in this cycle of thought
Which subjects my well-being
To the ups and downs of the material world
Which I am passing through

Any later than this very moment
Is already further into the future
Than the spiritual book I’m reading
Would recommend me thinking

I am caught in between
Walking out into the Presidio
And lying down next to a tree
For the next rain to wash me away

And continuing this mad existence
That is all I’ve ever known

July 01, 2021 at 09:15AM