the twinge of discomfort in my ribcage is medium sized, the latest new pain I know some in my situation would call a doc, & the doc would schedule machines to tell me nothing or diagnose disease so I don’t call, instead I ask my ribcage why don’t we build a wildlife retreat? collect fallen branches into large piles where mice & moles, beetles & bees can sleep & breed — my ribcage agrees a warm March 4th, it’s 50 out, I pull on cotton camouflage pants, a light fleece, work boots, work gloves, a blue cap by the third branch the ribcage teaser disappears, I’m young again, I believe