MY HOMEOSTAT IS BROKEN

HOMEOSTAT? What’s that?

The thing that controls homeostasis

How we regulate our body

To avoid the extremes

Homeostat? Is that a thing?

Can you touch it? Probably not.

Did you invent the word? Yes

Do you like it?

How do I know my homeostat?

Is broken? I’m ultrasensitive to 

Environmental fluctuations

Especially in the toxicity

Of political discourse, at home

And around the globe. Has everyone

Lost their marbles, their mojo? Are we

Condemned to grovel in the mud and

The blood spilled by countless, previous

Generations in the quest for truth? Truth!

Don’t mock me; call me foolish; don’t mock me

Vladivostok me or make me swim in the black sea

Yes, my homeostat is broken. Is it beyond repair?

Should I worry, mope, creep, crawl, despair?

Can I buy a new one?