How to Hold It

How to Hold It

Careful—it burns. And the hot pads
of the mind—sexdrugsrock&roll 
and the like—you might not want 
to imbibe this early on a Wednesday 
morning. 
                You can wiggle it, 
like a loose tooth, juggling 
all the keywords: flank
pain/adnexal mass/recurrent
ovarian cyst/stage what? 
on Google Scholar. 
                                  You can try 
to share it: break off a piece  
in a text or on Twitter. (But do 
the ughs and I’m sorrys make 
a dent?) 

​Sometimes the best way
to hold a worry is to drop it:
Lift your eyes to the hills. 
Think of Someone Else.