01-21-2017, 10:49 PM
Coughing, Chills, Shakes and Fever
Coughing, chills, shakes and fever,
take some aspirin, then to bed;
curl up tight a human spheroid,
sleep so deep you’d think I'm dead.
Fever, coughing, chills and shakes,
my ribs hurt, each breath I take,
head expanding, pulsing, pounding,
oh how does my body ache,
Shakes and fever, coughing, chills,
what makes me feel so very ill,
little buggies farm inside me,
plant their seedlings, plow the field.
Chills and shakes, fever, coughing,
surely I will die tonight,
am I cursed, or am I blessed,
if I see the morning light?
erthona
©1997-2017
note: This is written in accentual verse, with four accents per line, not in formal verse: just to save someone the time of critiquing the meter and finding it wanting.
Coughing, chills, shakes and fever,
take some aspirin, then to bed;
curl up tight a human spheroid,
sleep so deep you’d think I'm dead.
Fever, coughing, chills and shakes,
my ribs hurt, each breath I take,
head expanding, pulsing, pounding,
oh how does my body ache,
Shakes and fever, coughing, chills,
what makes me feel so very ill,
little buggies farm inside me,
plant their seedlings, plow the field.
Chills and shakes, fever, coughing,
surely I will die tonight,
am I cursed, or am I blessed,
if I see the morning light?
erthona
©1997-2017
note: This is written in accentual verse, with four accents per line, not in formal verse: just to save someone the time of critiquing the meter and finding it wanting.
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.