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28 Days

28 days....
every 28 days....

Everything inside of me
seeps...and weeps...in torrents
of crimson emotion spilling over
the edge of my womb...

Ripping me like pages from a book
that was never read...
As my cervix folds in on itself
twisting my essence into a knotted
existence...of swollenness and irritability

As I become a pain filled tsunami
releasing my rage in wave after painful
wave....of menstrual cramps
I stagger to the bathroom snatching open
the medicine cabinet
pleading with the heavens

To please have left me just 4 extra strength
Midol please....okay there are 3...and let's
add a 400 mg Tylenol and I think I can be pain
free for at least....4 hours.

Just long enough for me to slide into my car
ease into the grocery store and buy another
bottle of Midol on sale with my $1.50 coupon.

Somehow...I make it home after spazzing out
on the guy at the counter...
we usually joke but today isn't the day to ask me
If I'm feeling well.
I mean
You DID just see me stagger in your store with my
Dread Locks all over my head and
You DID just see me
nearly pass out after some little
kid ran right into my stomach
in isle 9...in fact I saw you
grab the kid and take him to his Mother...
(which by the way) Saved his freaking life!
So now you wanna ask me...how I am feeling
REALLY...
My STOMACH HURTS! I hiss as I throw my Midol
and extra absorbants up on the counter....
My eyes bulging from my face ....my complexion
Nearing a steely grey at this point.

I think...he got the message.

Well,5 days from now... I will come
back and bring him a  latte...
Till the next 28 days
Comes rolling around.
Ugh!

 
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