Pain...

My period came today in a whirling kaleidoscope of bright fluorescent lights and pretty colours and proceeded to take hold of my intestines and tie them in a knot. It sank its teeth into my womb and played cricket with my ovaries, all the while refusing to bleed more than the faintest drop. It's times like these I wish I'd gotten that sex change I occasionally think about.
"Go away!" I scream uselessly, unable to find a position that will allow me the vaguest hint of relief from the blinding agony of this curse, and the damned thing has the audacity to laugh.
Yes, it's definitely times like these.

"One of us has been found not strong enough..."