It’s paperwork for dinner.

An exercise list on the fridge

settles next to the electricity bill,

by postcards with cracks in their corners.

I need to buy vegetables. Wires

settle. Knee and wrist, my body heavy

next to the electricity bill, while my

muscle tastes of struck bells and rust.

I need to buy vegetables. Wires

misfiring—thoughts thicken. I trip,

muscle tasting of struck bells and rust—

Settle! Knee and wrist. My body. Heavy

and misfiring. Thoughts thicken. I trip—

in the last three months has my condition

settled? Knee and wrist, my heavy body

all still there, still sore, and still—

in the last three months

my condition remains unchanged.

I am still here, still sore, still

settled next to the electricity bill.

My panic remains unchanged.

I am left with cracks in all my corners,

an exercise list on the fridge.

It’s paperwork for dinner.