the muscle beneath my right eye
has been twitching for three days now.
it's as though it's been collecting baggage
that pulls it ever closer to the ground,
and finally - it has become too heavy to carry.

it's a sign of fatigue
they say/according to/apparently -
but i think it's something more sinister than that,
an ever-reminder of my indignity
my animal instinct, and my fragile mortality

each quivering jerk, each staccato snare
ripples across my face like a flailing
fish, in a pond -
is it dancing? is it dying?
is it shuddering before crying?

its message is unclear, but judging by its persistence -
i think it might be important.