"Wild Goose Chase"

 

Such strange synchronicity! Ten years ago, on August 4^th, I experienced sudden loss of hearing––a milestone that coincided with receiving this issue of The Examined Life on the same date. My poem, “Wild Goose Chase,” gives an idea of the hunt for treatment and relief for resounding tinnitus (there isn’t, as yet, a cure). Maybe you, or someone you know, has this condition. Coping is a constant; and, for me, writing has been revelatory. Sometimes you get knocked sideways to show up in a new way.