lately i have been giving the squirrel pills
to handle anxiety
she's prone to

early is the bed she says
and she finds exhaustion
the way you find bugs at your feet

i occasionally flip my eye patch open
in the mirror
where the hole is closing

i've never taken lives
or my own supplies for research
but i am still a doctor

i think the princess
is gonna be fine
if she can just sleep at night

but one of the side effects of pills
is insomnia
so i didn't take an oath

lately Mobians think
i only help the crazies
but it's really just means we're thriving

the war is over sure
and they all come back
like characters in stories not written down