Agony (n.) shrinks the world to the size of the body.
Agony (n.) cannot be remembered accurately, which is the only mercy in it.
Agony (n.) sometimes changes form but it never ceases for anybody.
Agony (n.) is a short word that can be very long.
Anguish (n.) is sadness that learned to clench.
Anguish (n.) is the profound sense of responsibility tied to the fact that when man commits himself to anything, he is at the same time deciding for all men.
Anguish (n.) can and should be turned into delight.
Back pain (n.) is your spine collecting rent for every bad chair you loved.
Back pain (n.) is the body charging interest on something you lifted in your twenties.
Back pain (n.) cannot be seen by anyone, which is why you have to keep describing it.
Back pain (n.) turns every chair in the world into a decision.
Brain freeze (n.) is over before you have finished making the face
Brain freeze (n.) hurts in a place the cold never touched.
Brain freeze (n.) is a punishment delivered mid-crime, and it has never once worked.
Brain freeze (n.) hurts in a part of the head that had no say in the decision.