Albert K. Ashes-Bury’s POWER

“What’s the bravest thing you ever did?
He spat in the road a bloody phlegm. Getting up this morning, he said.”
—Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Depersonalisation. Dissociation. Derealisation.
Anxiety. Depression. Suicidal ideation.
Delusions. Psychosis. Sleep disorder.
Substance abuse. Paranoia. Terror.

The little hiccups that some of us must face, eh!
And though

I’ve beaten those, the war
never stops, as I must now face

another battle: a headache!
But

to combat that
I think I’ll just cut my own head off

as it would only grow back.

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