Remain Calm
The first 3 days are tolerable
Provided you can sleep
Somewhere around day 10
The tedium grabs you
By the haunches
Like an 800-pound gorilla
And by day 11
You're homicidal
Day 12 finds you tearing
Down dark alleyways
With a box cutter swinging
At anything with teeth
For you are an angry God
In need of an ice-cold beer
And a river of chemicals raging
Down the back of your throat
David Burdett
10/31/2021
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