For years I suffered regular neck pain –
I thought it stemmed from all the office phone.
It seemed that yoga made the ache abstain –
I’ve seldom felt it lately, like the bone
or tendon wasn’t under that old strain.
But working crosswords yesterday, alone,
the ache recurred. Could posture at this table
have torqued my cervical, to pain-enable?

(Ottava Rima)