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# Inconveniently Sick
- URL: https://things-i-never-said.ghost.io/inconveniently-sick/
- Published: 2026-09-18T03:25:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T03:25:06.000Z
- Description: Nobody asked you to stay. In fact, I urged you to go.
- Author: Shannon Brookes
- Tags: Poetry, Chronic-illness, Mental-health

Insults flow so freely,  
No matter how hard I try,  
Never seemingly satisfied  
Until you claim the tears I cry.

From your noisy condescension  
When I can’t think quite as quick,  
Or making me feel worthless  
’Cause I’m the inconvenient kind of sick.

Sorry I’m so draining,  
Or a quivering, panicky mess,  
Just adding to your juggling act  
Of every kind of stress.

Nobody asked you to stay.  
In fact, I urged you to go.  
But I’m sick of being tortured now.  
Just thought I’d let you know.