Sojourn

Bags under the eyes

piercing encompassing

headache

no-- headache doesn't come close

to the pain of what we refer

to as migraine

no-- migraine doesn't do justice

What we are looking at here

is raw pain

torturous pain

think of Jesus on the cross

the Spanish Inquisition

think of mercilessness

think of marauders, barbarians

genocide

think of the devil having fun

gleeful with eyes bottomless, black

slapping you on the shoulder with a

cloven deformed hand

So you try an assortment of pills

none even approach the land of agony

other people are blank

they don't get it -- so, ok

it's abundantly clear

it's your Sojourn

Why?

God only knows