But I'm Doing Fine

2 weeks ago, I fell out of a box
and bashed my shin on the edge
right where the top of the ham
hits the inner glute
-deep bruise contusion
someone has stabbed
it with a hot knife,
and then just left the knife in there
If I had to describe the feeling
imagine someone holding a pin
to your eye and slowly moving it forward
but- I’m doing fine.

It’s almost like a I can feel blood moving
I am either freezing cold or sweating buckets
I have a tingling/burning feeling
I haven’t been able to pee all day
but- I’m doing fine.

I have been taking Ritalin
I feel light! My head is clear.
but- I’m doing fine.

Source: Various health forum member questions and personal Facebook account.

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Here is today's poem. This was an interesting prompt, you can read the full version here The basic idea is to collect twenty different people's posted feelings about their ailments. I had a lot more material to start with, but for some reason these lines were the ones that "spoke" to me. Interesting fact, many of these lines are verbatim, I only changed spelling and did line breaks where necessary.