I was like death warmed up but I still felt cold,
looked old, she told me to go home, I stayed
because that's how I was made, these days
they break a fingernail and it's a week off sick

in the old days even if you'd been decapitated
they'd have waited for a doctor's note
before believing you
anyway
it's the flu' and not covid
and I'm ******' livid
someone gave me their ******* germs
without asking my permission