it’s all in my head
he said
but what folks feel
in their heads
manifests in their bodies
stress and anxiety
are known malignancies
slowly destroying their host
organ by organ
it’s all in my head
he said
an internet search can’t compete
with medical school
but his superficial lecture
on my condition
can’t compete with
my twenty-five years of experience
living with it
it’s all in my head
he said
as he wields words
(his sexist ableism)
and limits my access to care
with phrases like
“hysterical” and “psychosomatic”
but that’s probably all in my head, too
