Sickroom Diva
I am a sickroom diva
cough, cough, cough, cough, cough
I love my pills and sweat baths
I live for liver drops
I order my whole family
to tread so carefully
they bring me towels and blankets
my heart might stop you see
I love to see them running
I make them bow and plead
I rule the house with sickness
they listen to my needs
The only time I'll stop it
is when I finally die
even then I'll reach my hand out
from the hoary grave
"we didn't really do enough."
I'll laugh when they do say
until then I'm just waiting
for another round
I'm saving up to rush them
and run them to the ground.
Copyright © Madeleine Mclaughlin | Year Posted 2016
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