Stroketry

Giacometti man

Two weeks in I weakened
withering while lying around
unable to walk and wondering
if I’d ever walk again.

Three weeks in they weighed me
found I’d lost a stone
That’s fine I thought – I was overweight
but now wasting and getting bony

I felt my hands, I felt my legs and arms,
found an extra elbow bone – funny!
next I discovered I had ribs
in fact a whole skeleton inside me.

 

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