allergies

how to articulate
the feverish, unstoppable stress
of allergies

filling all available cavities
with a routine reminder
that all of our metallic medicinal
wizardry

cannot halt the onslaught
of a body
that has forgotten to be a part of the world
as if we could stand aloof and serene

so that the smallest
most natural
and ancient moments,
dust in the sunlight
breeze across blossoms,
are a direct attack to our supple and cushioned selves

as if
we have forgotten
humans are meant for conflict
like we have beaten down
looming specters
of mortality and unethical rage

the world enters us
creating an unsteadiness
that reminds us
we are meant to fight