Tag Archives: sick

Fraiku: Daredevil

Posted on 2024-06-28 by Bartholomew Barker

Cold mercury ramp trimmed with whitecaps ferry jumps waves Heavy seas crossing the Pentland Firth tonight but I kept my nerve and my stomach.

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Fraiku: Cold

Posted on 2022-12-16 by Bartholomew Barker

The back of my mouth tastes like a bag of old nickels nose oozing meh

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Sonnet composed while waiting for Anaphylaxis

Posted on 2021-05-17 by Bartholomew Barker

Sonnet composed while waiting for Anaphylaxis I couldn’t be certainI wasn’t already sickand just not snufflingso I wore my mask. Every day I took my temperatureto see if it had raisedinto the triple-digitsbut I remained stubbornly cool. Today a second … Continue reading →

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