Acute Myocardial Infarction

[vagabond]

Acute Myocardial Infarction
 
Death: a bird
sitting on my shoulders
with razor sharp beak:                   i would suggest "with a razor sharp beak"
stroking my carotid artery:
waiting to strike again.
I feel you there
and the panic begins to rise.
 
 
erthona
 
©2017

the use of the word stroke my carotid artery flashes the image of apoplexia to me.
it´s known that the risk for a heart attack increases after a stroke, maybe due to stress (panic).
so your title is quite appropriate!
the whole poem has quite an impact.