To Those Who Wish Me Harm

I hope they haunt your dreams every night

I hope you spend every waking moment

Feeling fear and dread and angst

And that your body aches with great

Pains of guilt and regret

And your heart always about

To burst out of your chest

I hope you’ve lost the taste

For food and drink

Even weed makes you sick

The urge to scream and cry

Forever choking your throat dry

Anger always waiting near by

You wander aimlessly, knowing-

It’s all your fault

And when Karma comes to collect her due

May you shit yourself too

Forever cursed you will be

So long as you try to harm me.

NAOMI COHEN