Mortellaro, Christina

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Gandy Dancer ArchivesVolume 3 | Issue 1 Article 1912-1-2014An Efficient Remedy Is to Be AloneChristina MortellaroSUNY GeneseoFollow this and additional works at: https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/gandy-dancerPart of the Poetry CommonsThis Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by KnightScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Gandy Dancer Archives by an authorizededitor of KnightScholar. For more information, please contact KnightScholar@geneseo.edu.Recommended CitationMortellaro, Christina (2014) "An Efficient Remedy Is to Be Alone," Gandy Dancer Archives: Vol. 3 : Iss. 1 , Article 19.Available at: https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/gandy-dancer/vol3/iss1/1967CHRISTINA MORTELLAROAn Efficient Remedy Is to Be AloneA migraine: loose change jangling inside a balloon—muffledcopper flicks I-I-I: an attempt to speak. Across the forehead: floplike a cat chasing traced feather-pressure. You can apply a soft vice,two cold pillows, to block out sporadic pennies clanging—florescent,light bulbs unscrewed, packed in cardboard & bubble-wrapto reduce throbbing—etch-a-sketch it away. Draw empty faucets to wash down tylenol & swallow, pills like rosaries—beads sticking half-way, make goldfish gulps: rhythmic peristalsis,push them down. Lay alone, ignore the knuckled morse taps—Better yet? Tighten pillows, maybe carousel your summer, anything quietto induce sleep: butterflies inside picnic blankets, knitting your Christmas giftsmonths in advance, reading science textbooks—lysosomes hammer-smashing cells. 

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