Low Blood Sugar

12th & Dahlia,
Lindsley Park.
sunbathing.
basking in God’s glories.
for He has many names,
& many faces.
manifests Herself in
strangest damn places.

like this bottle of orange juice
I so thoughtfully
tucked into my backpack.

natural,
sugary sustenance
nursing me back
to some version of normal.
diminishing my
disorientation.

I am not ready.

living with this disease
but at least
I am still living.

I am not ready to give up.

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