by Devon Balwit
A mind in a body, we want
the body not to suffer,
but bodies must learn
what illness is. To avoid
unpleasantness is to leave them
vulnerable to reinfection.
How tempting are blister-packed
nostrums when better
is to roll in our fever sweat
and full inflammation, each cell
a diligent student
of never again.
Devon Balwit is trying to put her final days of isolation to good use and is crossing her fingers against her own rebound.