Everything hurts

and I am awake again

Every dotted contact my body makes

with the sheet, the bed or pillow

send searing discomfort

through every twitching nerve

and bone

I’ve been flattened with a mallet

Totally unaware

as dreams

lead me through false doors

and down wrong turns

The air tight tupperware lids

across my dusty peelers

glued shut for extra security

The smell of fresh coffee

Kindly brought upstairs

is a lampshade

that dims the cruel light

of another morning I didn’t ask for