(photo by Anita Hart)

coughing
sore throat
achy
yucky
not feeling perky

sick

spring-like
yesterday
freezing today
snowing tomorrow

shit

ears ringing-ow
still at office
want to
go to bed

now

no lofty thoughts
you’ll get
from me
until head clears
and I’m breathing

free

it could always
be worse
don’t mean to whine
but sometimes
a-wallowing
can be

sublime