Today, due to abysmal air quality, I sprouted the most magnificent of headaches.

It shimmers behind my eyeball, reverberating through my sinuses.

The pain that broke its way out into my hard palette is finally calming down.

I long for a quiet head.

And I know that, after a few hours, I won’t think about it anymore.

But in this moment, I am so grateful for all the other times when my head didn’t hurt.