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So some of the other
poems in the book

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are from my time in
the military where

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I happen to find out
that I have fibromyalgia.

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So that was an
interesting experience.

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[LAUGHS] It took like two years
for them to figure out what

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was wrong with me.

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And in the meanwhile, they
kept saying that I was crazy.

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So this is "Fibromyalgia AKA".

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"Fibromyalgia, a.k.a.

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common syndrome, a.k.a.

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wastebasket diagnosis, a.k.a.

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malingering, a.k.a.

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unknown cause a.k.a.

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real innervation of
the physical, a.k.a.

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no hope for a room
where the wounded move,

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where the healthy
cannot be bothered.

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Hospital, hospice,
home, beware a death

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of sight, a weakness, a.k.a.

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wrestle the so-called
civilization theatrically

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in extracted source, a.k.a.

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where to really see
where lines, fragility

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lines, every intervening
glance, a.k.a.

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lucky if you can
see from the end

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right back to the
beginning, avoid

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the typical snatching up
of medicated packaging,

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desperately swallowing the sexy
glossary, a terrifying leech,

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a.k.a.

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pain beginning in the web of
intrical pascular connections

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where the brain's
insular cortex chit

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chat goes awry and
not enough muscle

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to fight any of it, a.k.a.

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subtle, a.k.a.

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a fingerprint pressed down,
ink seeping, staining, a.k.a.

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chaff, city debris through
unbearably intricate grates,

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a.k.a. a vase of
stems, the flower

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heads lopped off,
arranged in a bowl

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to wave their
colors in the dark.

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If still standing, ask
anyone who will listen--

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though most art, won't--

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how do I look?"

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