When I collapsed
– I didn’t faint. Men don’t faint –
they said it was dehydration,
pure and simple,
and that I should be drinking about four liters a day.
“I promise,” I swore,
and promptly broke the promise.

Now, I handle between two and three liters a day,
and still piss ridiculously,
so I don’t know what the doctors were telling me about.
If this amount of intake
causes that amount of urine,
I must be doing something right.

I drink from recycled bottles – I don’t buy water in the city.
That’s a ridiculous idea.
We get great water from upstate, here.
I can’t in good conscience pay for clear liquids in New York,
not unless it’s an emergency.

I am currently very thirsty.
I am currently in a quandary.
I do not know what to do.

I’ll bet if I had water in me, I’d know what to do…