i've been shitting blood

i was unsure at first—
maybe i ate some hot! hot! hot!

ring you.
answers.
clarity into my new life, on the toilet.

"am i shitting blood?"

"carter, i’m not your doctor anymore—i’m not a doctor at all!"

"well, is it blood?"

"if it was blood, i don’t think you’d even care, carter."

"about you? or the blood?"