Ahuhu... I have a runny nose and I can feel the increase in my intracranial pressure. I hate having the sniffles. Then again, I guess I should still be thankful coz my sinuses don't hurt and my throat isn't itchy. But my head... my poor head... feels like it's being sliced open with a spoon-- from the inside.

I went home right after clinic visits and didn't bother to go to my afternoon class. Just thinking about taking jeepney rides to and from school makes my head hurt all the more.

And I feel uglier than usual.

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If you see a charcoal sky
on a charcoal morning
do think of the charcoal trees
how their leaves glisten
with charcoal dew
for charcoal me
and charcoal you

If you see a charcoal sky
on a charcoal noon
do think of charcoal pie
the charcoal smell
wafting, wafting
calling out
to charcoal children
come running about

If you see a charcoal sky
on a charcoal night
do think of charcoal breeze
and the charcoal stars
how they shine and glisten
above charcoal roofs
as charcoal breeze whispers
"Come hither... come hither"

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I need  to get some sleep.