Just a Feeling I Get
By Laura McCollough Moss
I'd like to quantify
this pain for you
on a scale of one to ten
it's not so much a pain
as an ache
oh, not an ache but a
sensation
all down my arms
across my chest
where someone has been
taken away
never to hold
again
what kind of remedy
not a job for
non-steroidal anti-inflammatories
acetaminophen won't touch it
narcotics wouldn't make a dent
I've tried red wine
which when overdone
only helps the tears to flow
then the ache stops being dull
throbs
and my fingers tingle
grasping for
a memory.
