Tachycardia!
What the hell is causing it?
Tremendous question.
Now I’m eighty-two—
Surely angst and pain enough—
Why this trembling heart?
Tight chest, racing pulse.
Five minutes, then calm returns.
Faulty universe?
Twin conspirators
Jab, provoke this pounding heart—
Despair, medicine!
Calling my doctor
Will generate nasty tests
That may do me in!
Truth told: I’m ready—
But would forgo percussion
Dancing me to death.
(7/22/12)