Complications From a Decade Too Sweet
Complications from a decade too sweet:
i’m so angry at
gastroparesis, complication of extended periods of high levels of glucose in the blood stream.
i see,
complications of parents’ narcissm,
denial, neglect, apathy, pathology.
complications of a teen girl who had to em-
body her parents. To keep them safe,
sacred, parental.
i see
that but i can’t do more. i can’t lower my
adolescent blood glucose levels.
take them out of my bloodstream over a
decade too sweet.
and with each wave of nausea i wish they would
see me.
see where i have landed and
why, not so they feel guilty, so they
show me love, even if it is a
decade too sweet.
