yucky sickness;

yucky sickness.
runny nose, stuffy nose
two opposites existing at the same time
like disseminated intravascular coagulation.

so hard to breathe
with hammers pounding relentlessly
in my already aching head.

a thousand milligrams of acetaminophen
and four hundred milligrams of ibuprofen
doing pretty much naught
for my symptoms.

it'll be over soon
and until then
all i can do is suffer.