Ibuprofen Gel Caps

Virgil James
2 min readFeb 21, 2024

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Ibuprofen gel caps are hard to swallow

They can get stuck in your throat

And slowly dissolve

With a burning feeling that can be unbearable

Ibuprofen gel caps are hard to swallow

Because even after you get them down

There is still a burning feeling in your chest

Then once they start working

They can make you very tired

And not want to do anything you planned to do

Ibuprofen gel caps are hard to swallow

But we take them anyway

Because the pain we feel when we don’t take them

Is much

Much worse

Plus, the burning feeling can be solved with water.

Ibuprofen gel caps are hard to swallow

Just like your hateful words disguised as love

They leave a burning feeling in my throat

And chest

That proves that they were said before

Even after they dissolve into nothing.

Ibuprofen gel caps are hard to swallow

Just like the prospect of not being able to be me

It makes me not want to do anything I planned to do

And instead, I curl up in the covers

And go over it

Over and over.

Ibuprofen gel caps are hard to swallow

Just like my situation

But I take it anyway

Because if I tried to argue

The result would be much

Much worse

And unlike the ibuprofen gel caps

Water doesn’t soothe the pain.

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Virgil James

Hi! I'm an aspiring author who is seventeen and a feminine trans man! I post short stories and poems! Sometimes I post stories about my life as well!