Sick Day

What a dismay

To waste a day

Stuck in bed,

A cold in the head,

A drip down the throat,

A cough like a goat

Choking on hay

No syrup will allay,

A chest with a wheeze,

A nose with a sneeze,

A belly bloated with

Bacterial goop

That gurgles and groans

Heavy as stones,

A colon of coprolith,

But I can’t even poop.

10/29/2022