Sense and Sensibility. (On fibromyalgia) Senses working 1,2,3,4,5 Jesus, 6 is on overload Actually 5 not far behind 4 , sort of cool. 4, touch First noticed when my teeth started to feel temperature When my lips tingled from the morning breeze The sun coming out from behind a cloud The slight difference a more than slight surprise Pins and needles on the ends of my fingers Just from lifting my hand The slide of sheet over a toe As if it had never happened before Which of course it had I just never noticed. But I notice now When touch leads to pain. 5. Smell I love you the best The rain in the morning Halted holding still before the wind takes it away A walk down the cobbled lanes in Genoa Coffee in the air Espresso Italiano, The barrista, an old man in San Remo Toast cooking in the neighbor’s apartment A thousand breakfasts before heading to school Grass cut Long distant schoolyards Jasmine You alwa