Antibodies
Otherness
steps into blood
"antigens"
a panic
floods:
immune system
self-defense
neutralize the difference
hatred
toxic
waging war
chain reactions
to restore
all things
where they were before
once vicious symptoms gain a grip
and vital signals slur and slip
as would-be healers turn to please:
their cures become the new disease.
Antibodies © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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Submitted: May 20, 2020