Still Life with Stethoscope

Little Boy Blue,
please cover your nose.
You sneezed on Miss Muffet
and ruined her clothes.
You sprayed Mother Hubbard,
and now she is sick.
You put out the fire   
on Jack’s candlestick.
Your sneeze is the reason   
why Humpty fell down.
You drenched Yankee Doodle
when he came to town.
The blind mice are angry!
The sheep are upset!
From now on use tissues
so no one gets wet!


Little Boy Blue, by Darren Sardelli


I was not feeling better this morning, but worse. So I uncharacteristically went to the walk-in clinic to get tested for strep, since that seems to be going around. Nope. Tested for Covid as well, but no. We agreed that, seeing as I started to feel poorly as soon as my vacation began, it made sense that I would get better as soon as my vacation ended.