Atchoo
Can’t stop sneezing
Coughing and wheezing
Can’t stop blowing
Nose is running and glowing
Can’t stop sweating
Fever’s well and truly set in
Can’t stop aching
Feels like my head is breaking
Burning up
Confined to my bed
Soggy tissues
Filled with gunk from my head
TVs on
But it’s painful to watch
Sleep eludes me
Cause I keep waking up
I lie in bed
And wait for it to pass
No appetite
Just fluids en masse
Paracetamols
A hot toddy here and there
Whiskey, lemon, honey
Is all that I can bear
Flat on my back
Until I’ve won the fight
Just got to surrender
When you’re feeling this shite.
Rachel Rhodes 