Note: The normal temperature for a healthy body is 37 degrees Celsius (or 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
THIRTY-SEVEN
the world spins
at a fevered pitch;
saber-rattling
braggadocio
seeps through
sweating dreams
and turning fits.
we take the
temperature
again and again
through the night
hoping for a
drop to normal,
but there is no
end in sight,
no calming words,
wise, maternal.