i die in my dreams,
neon shapes til i wake up.
if you were curious, mostly pink triangles,
but also small red trapezoids,
bold and bouncing like a dell computer logo.
i try to say my throat feels like a car wreck,
and my mouth like the hospital
but instead you buy and drive
a stick right there into my brain,
and on the spot
two red lines. 
in june, flu b.