Send me reeling
Reeling
Reeling

Like you have just slapped me
Slapped me
Slapped me

There is a desperate echo in my head
My head
My head

A ringing
Ringing
Ringing

The drip of the shower is
Distant
A war drum
Paced like a parade;
It slows
As the runny faucet
Tires
And to its metronome
I boil; cranking the gas up
And I know my heartbeat
Is erratic like it
And I won’t
Sleep tonight

Tonight 
Tonight.