Cholesterolemia
In declaring filial bankruptcy I must confess as well, the death of my relative, who drank of our family’s teapot, who I did not warn that this, our oily blood, will abrade your pipes, will confirm you into hemiplegic communion, unpaved road gnathic against the brain, bite marks letting hemorrhagic floods past the drywall of thought.
© Tolu Oloruntoba
Notes:
With thanks to Contemporary Verse 2 for the 3-word prompt: “gnathic,” “teapot,” and “abrade,” and Nash Lott for editorial feedback.
Image Credit: Human heart (aortic valve) tissue displaying calcification. Sergio Bertazzo, Department of Materials, Imperial College London. Source: Wellcome Collection.


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