Trepanning

‘During headaches, muscles swell, nerves feel the pressure’

‘During headaches, muscles swell, nerves feel the pressure’

‘It can be a sign of stroke, vertigo or encephalitis’

‘It can be a sign of stroke, vertigo or encephalitis’

Thank you, Fabricius ab Aquapendente,

I whisper slightly. The next moment

I wake up, everything seems upside down.

Never knew shimmers emerge in real-time

too. The frame is there, the picture is gone.

Nevermind, I will score the highest in class.

Who knew boring holes into a bone-box could be that exciting?

My nerves feel no pressure now.

Fizza Abbas

Fizza Abbas is a Content Writer based in Karachi, Pakistan. She is fond of poetry and music. Her work has been accepted over at Poetry Village, Riggwelter Press, The Stone of Madness Press, The Cabinet of Heed, Neuro Logical Magazine, Serotonin Poetry, Versification, One Hand Clapping Magazine, London Grip and elsewhere. Her chapbook is also forthcoming from Ethel Zine and Micro-Press by September 2021. She can be reached at @fizzawrites on Twitter.