Parasite

How did the malaise

get in this time

I double bolted the locks

shut the windows

turned the Welcome mat face down

put a Go Home sign on the door

turned off the porch lights

and yet here it is

didn't even bother to knock

this radon of the soul

seeping in through the walls

unseen unknown unwanted

I keep looking online

for a malaise trapping system

something that hooks up to the sump

to pump the invisible intruder

back out into the cold

but it hasn't been invented yet

so the paralyzing parasite

keeps draining my heat

and sucking my energy

I wish I could burn it off with a match

suffocate it with nail polish remover

twist it counterclockwise

and pull the head out of my heart