sneezing

my nose bled this morning
and yesterday
and the day before
and before
and before
my nose bled for three months straight
every day at 9:42 a.m.
each time it happened
after a sneeze
someone's thinking of me
i say before the familiar drip
drip drips down

in a pandemic of betrayals
i may have been careless
in a bandemic of egos
i'm not an instigator

i sneeze again
around 6:35 p.m.
at least they're waiting til
i'm off work

inspired by a poem by vianney harelly that alyssa sent me