Lethargy

Numbness has settled
Hovering neatly over this body
Dripping
Drizzle
Infecting
Until, like good medicine, it is absorbed

Don't expect me to remember your name
I would only want to know why it mattered

I'm out of sorts these days
Haven't enjoyed myself in too long
The old amusements impotent
Looking for a new thrill

Set fire to this
Numbness
Watch the flames
Until they burn out
Walk across the embers
Feet bare

"There are too many hours in a day"
A foolish lie to the aged
Stone bitter truth to those of us infected
With the numbness