An Ode to the Workday

Sickening nausea, filth and feces, vomit and bile, abominations!
Chills and sweats, bloated guts, moist upper lips. Cold snot.

Unfocused eyes and trembling hands!
Shredded senses! Churning stomachs!
Itchy gums and teeth.

Sweating palms and whistling nostrils.
Ragged phlegmy throats, thick wet coughing.
Exquisitely painful bleeding cuticles.

Panic! Fear! Self-loathing! Unabating horror!
The sensation of hair growing on chilly knuckles and humid ankles.

Flatulence. Swimming vision. Confusion. Disorientation. Vertigo.

A prayer for release. A plea for death.