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After an Excellent Workout
October 8, 2025
After an excellent workout, the creative side overwhelms—
I collapsed on the floor—
Unknowingly letting go of the world.
That lingering touch after making love…
The piano riff in My Morning Jacket’s “Time Waited”
A gentle caress–
A caring
Tenderness of thought.
My mind at ease.
My vision clear.
In awe of my state of not-being,
My body without feeling
Aware, but unable to move—
Unresponsive in the moment.
Then—
excruciating reality
painfully roared back in.
Crying,
wishing that version of death
would come back.
Please,
Gasping for breath,
struggling to move—
Take me back—
Or release me
to my Muse.
Another patch
On my quilt.
Later, I realized—
No phone within reach.
No watch on—
That would send an SOS when I hit the floor.
The EpiPens were in the med drawer in the bedroom.
I was incapable of opening the packaging to get some Benadryl down the hatch.
It all happened so fast,
and it would have been a huge mistake to drive to the hospital.
No one would have known to come collect me for days.
Invisible to anyone.
I need a better contingency plan.
I might have been on Mars.
Maybe—
I belong there.
After an excellent workout, the creative side overwhelms—
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