i caught something in the back of my throat,
and whatever it was made itself comfortable throughout the rest of my body,
easing its way into my joints and spine and head,
until all i feel is this throbbing pulsation that has crippled my thoughts
and made me groggy to no end
the terminator (not that one, the real one) told me that there are rats living and breeding and eating up in my attic, as if i ran some sort of rat nightclub in my attic,
though i’m pretty sure when i signed the lease for this place,
it didn’t say anything about a rat infestation,
but i can’t be sure because of all the fine print put into contracts nowadays
i tried to watch house of dragons,
but i got really bored and didn’t have any more edibles
to make the show interesting,
so i canceled my hbo subscription
and went back to playing mario kart
with the hope that all the streaming services would leave me alone,
but they didn’t catch the hint
Fred Aiken Writing 