Perhaps Bronchitis in Postcards 4

  • Jan. 9, 2016, 3:08 p.m.
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The common cold gives me excuses
to doze away my days
wrapped in quilts
out of focus
book in hand
oblivious to all around me.

Even when I wake
or perform some mundane task
like reading
or taking all those pills
Sometimes things go wrong and
I feel guilty wade through my dullness.

I take a bath
getting in is easy and I fall
with a generous splash
getting out is frightening
as I have to go to the bathroom
and go now
barely on the edge of horror
do I think of turning over
rotating
raising myself up and over the iron edge
out to the toilet
with only a little clean up
pleased because last time
I couldn’t get out at all.


  • Himself: Doing well on four small meals. Today off to work at the museum with fruit.
  • Herself: Dozing a lot. Not sleeping well at night. Following all suggestions en re meds.
  • Reading: Two of the three Craig and Tapply mysteries.
  • Gratitudes: That the cold hasn’t thought of hunting down my sinus’s yet.

Last updated January 09, 2016


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