I Have a CODE...

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I have a CODE.  

It's in my head: 

congestion, sniffles, 

occasional (but fewer than before) 

sneezes.  

Stuffed up.

Can't breathe 

through my nose. 

Feel like 

one big germ.  

Am. 

Sentences become 

short sound bites.  

I am miserable. 

Impatient too.  

I have higher priorities 

than being sick.  

I missed a really big one today.  

A really big one.

I am not going anywhere 

and doing less.  

I'm not fit for much 

of anything.  

Chicken soup, 

lots of water, 

hot water with lemon and honey, 

tissues, 

throat lozenges,

netty pot.  

In time, 

CODE will pass.  

I need to be patient. 

I need to let my body do 

what it most likes to do:  

be healthy. 

I need to work 

with that energy 

rather than against it.  

It's hard. 

The sooner 

I let myself rest, 

the sooner I will be well.

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Glinda Crawford, 2011

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