Reaction to a snack of substances my digestion br rejects as banned has me staring at this screen br in stupefaction - unable to interpret anything br br Floating in an emotional void, clinging to the fact br I’m in an office, trying to read and react to texts br that remain mysterious to me, at least this way br br The world will still be a mystery; I cannot achieve br mastery of anything while consciousness flickers br on and off, caught in the wild fire of interrupted br br Brain circuitry & gyrating synapses, dark spots br in front of my eyes weakening my sight, desperately br trying to do research till I give up, sit back in defeat, br br Power spent, admit the day is lost, cannot find the br beginning of a line of thought, cannot follow a single br argument, even pictures dance away from me, br br surrendering to the confusion, accepting the br chaos in my mind as status quo…br br Margaret Alice Secondbr br