buzz-a-duzz
by teej (copyrighted by teej)
Mama said alone was the worst thing
Had to be nice to my sis
So she’d love me
Never leave me a lone
Never silence
Never room
A constant barrage of noise
Not on the stage
Not at a movie
Always with me
So, now I have PTSD
(an engine constantly idling
in my brain)
No MRI can find it
But I can’t get rid of it
- neon signs can’t blind it
- screaming stereos can’t deafen it
- fuchsia, lime, tangerine can’t tame it
- counting sheep can’t quiet it
just a constant gnawing
scraping just behind the sinus cavity
just inside the ear drum-a-dum-dum
like a bee trapped in a glass jar
you can’t hear his buzz-a-duzz-duzz
but you can see him flutter-flutter-flutter
but he keeps onandonandonandon
constant movement
traveling through a maze with no beginning and no end
just a buzz … a murmur … a whisper … a worry
don’t let them eat cake
it will hurt their stomachs and keep them up all night
no sleep just a constant movement and a buzz-a-duzz-duzz
Never leave me a lone
Never silence
Never room
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