Praying for a (Marathon) Miracle<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The summertime flu comes around once<\/p>\n
a year, always when you need it least.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s that slow ache brings you back<\/p>\n
to life. Stuffy head and heavy heart<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
broken reminders of things loved<\/p>\n
and missed, required when you lack.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It signals that you have a mind<\/p>\n
creative, a heart still beating, slowly<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
and then quick, a push and pull of strength<\/p>\n
you didn\u2019t know you had. You resist<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
the temptation of medicine calling<\/p>\n
from the cabinet not wanting the numb<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
that comes. But it\u2019s the ideas you crave,<\/p>\n
the hallucinations that ensue,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
the spin of the world going<\/p>\n
dizzy and sideways \u2013 just for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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