I’m at the doctor and she’s testing how responsive my

reflexes are then I’m playing soccer with

my college roommates against a team of

space snakes before we rock them

into a deep, undisturbed sleep

we’re huddled around an old-fashioned radio

listening to one of FDR’s fireside chats

until Watson looks at me and says

“Holmes, I think this one’s a mystery, even for you”