Inside every drop of
snot,
is a tear,
but it is no romantic bead,
signaling
catharsis as it rolls,
hot down a trembling cheek.
It is part of a
homogenous colloid,
when blown from your
nose
(or hacked up to the street),
and it is mixed with
immunoglobes and
enzymes,
dispersed among these things.
But the tears are there,
found in snot's salty taste.
And when you blow your nose
or spit into the toilet,
I am glad for it,
your body doing
what
you do not.