The dust and pollen choke my throat and nostrils
And give rise to horrific discharge
Vociferous sneezes echo through the halls
As handkerchiefs fill the laundry barge
Tears fill these bloodshot eyes
As coughs gallop forth after
Guttural moans and agonized cries
Emanate from this face filled with plaster
Fever heats a furrowed brow
Will the world end today?
Armageddon would be so welcome now
With every sneeze, my life ebbs away
And oh, the pounding echoes through my skull
With waves of pain that batter its shores
No more can I take these screaming gulls
That flutter with feathers that stab and bore
But soon she will come to make it better
With chicken soup and honey ginger tea
To smooth the shards and make dry coughs wetter
And make the fevered furrows in my brows flee
And sip I do with oohs and aahs
As soft gold drips down my gullet
And to think life was so dreary and dark
That I would have happily bitten the bullet
Aaah my ever sweet mattress,
Thy warmth and comfort drown me in love
And dreams spill forth from thy heavenly caress
As a blanket of stars covers the sky above
Lazy sleep seeps into my bones
As my coughs and sneezes dissipate
My nose no longer knows the blows
My bloodshot eyes succumb to their dreamy fate
