I repeat the things that do me harm
Day in ...day out
Even though they've lost their charm
Day out day in

I'm fearful how this thing will end
Day in ...day out
So tell me pretty lies, my friend
Day out day in

Though my symptoms show it's true
Day in ...day out
Gasping, coughing bits of spew
Day out day in

Repeated detrimental sin
Day in ...day out
Like a rat to saccharine
Day out day in

As the plaster
Cast around me
Starts to crumble
When I shake
Convulsing waves
Of body shivers
Undulate and
******* break

Pulsing body
Popping, pushing
Pupil of my
Nature’s plight
Pleading with my
****** and power
Body burning
Still I fight

To just emerge
Into the light

The first flurries’ magic has dissolved
As flakes fly yet again
Filling the view through the back windows

We long for the final triumph of spring
When muds and buds have broken through
And have been warmed by the sun

The ice crystals mount their final assault
To see if they can defeat
The coming onslaught of green