pretty sure I have strep throat
try to doctor myself for a week
miss two days of work
expected to miss one day
kill myself doing double work the next two days
exhausted on the weekend, sleep most of it
the next week coughing and hacking
feels like pneumonia
go to work anyway, determined not to miss any more days
end up going to the doctor on Tuesday after work
She writes me an excuse to stay home three more days
I know my boss is not pleased
crazy for someone who never misses work
to miss five days in two work weeks
I am beyond tired of this lower respiratory infection
which has taken every ounce of my strength
Categories:
respiratory, sick,
Form: Narrative
Asthma
A dumbfounding struggle for what is plenty in the air,
The shortest of unsure breaths drawing,
The hesitant oxygen inwardly cursing;
A judging of the whole affair unfair.
My trachea thinking of its resignation letter,
Worsening the picture of Seeker of the Better;
My two lungs scheming to lock up their shop,
Evidently not touched that a life might drop!
A straight cash payment for my casket witnessing,
The quickest arrival of any inhaler pressing
To like a monkey grab it
And just remember not to like a buffoon actuate it.
It has been an army of surest triggers
Of the asthmas of Gents and s
Between the Extremely Cold and the Awfully Hot,
The Chokingly Dusty and bad smells we’ve got,
The Painfully Annoying and the Helplessly Funny;
The Unhelpfully Laborious or tasks perfectly thorny
Yep, all extremities
Lacking in niceties
That should a doctor lift off his feet
To quell The Respiratory Rebellion – a feat
Categories:
respiratory, death, sick,
Form: Rhyme
R-isk
O-f
B-rutal
E-pidemic
R-abidly
T-aints
S-ociety
E-mploying
Y-ucky
M-ystery
O-nce
U-nknown
R-espiratory
B-reakdown's
R-aging
I-nfection
D-oes
G-ive
E-erie
S-ickness
Topic: Poet (Robert Seymour Bridges)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
respiratory, poets,
Form: Acrostic
R-epulse
A-larming
V-irus
I-n
N-asty
D-isease
E-rasing
R-isky
K-ind
U-ntil
M-outh
A-nd
R-espiratory
S-ystem
O-bliterates
N-otorious
I-nfection
Topic: Birthday of poet Ravinder Kumar Soni (May 04)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
respiratory, birthday, poets,
Form: Acrostic
M-ystery
A-ttacks
M-outh
U-sing
N-asty
U-nknown's
R-espiratory
R-isk
A-nd
H-orrendous
M-isery
A-pplying
N-otorious
K-ind
A-nd
Y-ucky
E-pidemic's
S-pread
Topic: Birthday of poet Mamunur Rahman Kayes (April 19)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
respiratory, birthday, poets,
Form: Acrostic
A-trocious
P-andemic's
R-aunch
I-nvisibly
L-ets
S-ullied
H-ands
A-ttack
N-ose
N-astily
E-mploying
S-mut
U-ntil
B-ody's
I-mmunity
E-xperiences
R-espiratory
A-ilment
Topic: Birthday of April Shanne Subiera (April 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
respiratory, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
D-roplets
E-mploy
N-otorious
N-astiness
I-nside
S-omeone's
N-ose
A-s
P-andemic
E-ndangers
R-espiratory
I-mmunity
Topic: Birthday of Dennis Naperi (April 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
respiratory, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
R-espiratory
O-rdeal's
S-ymptoms
E-ndanger
L-ungs
L-etting
E-pidemic
I-nfection
L-ethally
I-nflict
G-ruesome
A-ttack's
N-astiness
Topic: Birthday of Roselle Iligan (April 10)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
respiratory, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
C-ontain
R-espiratory
I-llness
S-o
T-hat
I-t
N-ever
E-mploys
J-eopardy
O-n
Y-our
M-aintenance
A-s
T-he
A-lcohol
B-eats
A-ilment
Topic: Birthday of Cristine Joy M. Mataba (April 10)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
respiratory, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
H-ands
A-pply
N-eatness
A-voiding
R-espiratory
I-llness'
E-pidemic
L-ink
A-s
C-oronavirus
U-sually
A-dvances
T-errible
A-trocity
Topic: Birthday of Hanarie N. Lacuata (April 08)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
respiratory, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
B-eautiful
E-yes
V-aliantly
E-vade
R-espiratory
L-apse
Y-ielding
J-oy
U-nder
L-ovely
L-ung's
A-dvanced
R-eadiness
Topic: Birthday of Beverly M. Jullar (April 05)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
respiratory, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
J-ust
O-bliterate
E-pidemic
&
D-isease
E-rasing
S-ickness
A-s
R-espiratory
C-ontrol
A-pplies
N-ecessary
D-efense
Topic: Anniversary of Joe & Des Arcand (April 04)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
respiratory, anniversary,
Form: Acrostic