I AM CONSTANTLY WORRIED
by Stephen Daniel Lewis

There is a shield of fluid
between my skull and my brain.
My brain is buoyant,
I'm afraid of waking
with the top part of my head missing
because I think my brain will bounce out
like egg yolk or something.

I am constantly worried
brain fluid leaks out of my ears
while I sleep,
synapses stop working.
I feel different emotions at different times
until nerve endings in my brain
stop communicating
and I am worried because of this,
I think eventually
I will forget how to chew food
or drink water,
and this worries me less
than forgetting how to act happy.