Thursday, November 23, 2006

 

Lyme as Background

The act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy. Retreat.

The Lyme is ebbing into the background. I am advancing into the foreground of this life once again.

Mesmerizing rain. When the spirochetes languish, will they nourish the soil? Will they compost complacently or fossilize imprints for the future?

This disease is endemic to North America. I now fear the handsome pines and gnarled oaks where I previously surrendered. From leaves, ticks shell themselves toward the heat of my shins.

My new friend fights the azure thread and jean with her fingernails and pulls the teeth of potential disease from me. All the tick forms are represented ...larva, nymph, adult male and female. She flicks, squishes and blots them out.

We no longer talk. We walk solemnly to our destination.

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