Cramps
To ignore it
Push through it
Suppress it
Pretend nothing is happening
Do not complain
Do not make a mess
Do not be a burden
Be happy and kind
Even if you don’t feel like it
Finish your work
Even if you don’t feel like it.
Look presentable
Even if you don’t feel like it.
Pop a pill and keep going.
What violence is this,
What nonsense
I’m sorry for all the times
I have said this
To myself.