Ocular Migraine

OCULAR MIGRAINE

I heard a headache

Hammering away.

Heavy blows broke off

Block fragments.

Tiny chips scattered,

Peas bouncing away.

Blast set off so loud

I was deafened

By noonday light

Flashing front, center,

Right, left.

Beans rebounded

Inside my skull.

Ball bearings spiraled

Round and round

Inside walls

Of a bowl,

Spinning coin

Settling

Down, rattling.

Now I am

Partially

Blind in

One

Eye.

Originally published in The Penmen Review (May 6, 2016)

I heard a headache hammering away...