The Battle of the Bug

(From the meeting of January 29, 2009)

Throughout the body
they fight
a fight against
evil and pathogens,
antigenic soldiers
whose weapon is
I EAT YOU!
lining up, reporting
for duty
for duty at the
front.
The front of my head
is like baseball bat impact
is like waking up unconscious in the sand
and like sunny scout camp suffering!
Suffering me to sleep
would be a dream
to me,
but mucus plugs
first one nostril
then the other
and the war of attrition
is a flamethrower on my forehead.