Worry is a growth upon the mind:
A parasite – a tick or mite; a nick,
A churning gut – metaphors combined,
Rotting down a delicate constitution.
Anxiety, an intumescent whore:
A siren for a metastatic state;
Psychological rent – a weeping sore.
Hopelesly, you die for restitution.
Copyright © Mark R Slaughter 2009
Mark R Slaughter
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