Ressentiment et rancoeur: 
A Proposal

Resentment. Say it.

Perhaps it seethes on shelves 
of memory or grovels around 
the basement, nearly inflaming 
the other rooms in the house.

Perhaps it’s the plaque 
that chokes the blood, 
or the residual pox burning 
into shingles, or the small, 
vile tumor discovered 
on the back of your leg.