Flu

Flu, flu, I hate you

I'm all laid up, what can I do?

Very little, and I feel crap too

The house looks like an unkempt zoo

As for dinner, baked beans will do

And the kids will buy lunch tomorrow too.

Flu, flu, I hate you

And I used to scoff at flu shots too

Next winter I'll know what to do

I'll get the shot and love it too.

Next winter I'll be good as new

Without the burden of the flu.

Flu, flu, I hate you

I've missed loads of work and parenting too

I've passed through days without a clue

My legs are sore and my head pounds too

I'm living between the bed and the loo

Darn you to heck, you rotten flu.

Flu, flu, I hate you

The doctor says there's nothing to do

The dog is neglected and feeling blue

The cat doesn't care but that's nothing new

I can't read to the kids without coughing anew

So now they play Minecraft in bed, boo-hoo

Flu, flu, I hate you

My head is fuzzy and hurting too

Moving feels like walking through glue

I don't even know if you ARE the flu

'Flu-like virus' is probably true
'Ebola' feels apt but I can't overdo

Flu, flu, I hate you

The office is hit and school is too

So many sick or struggling through

Projects on hold, no one will sue.

My boss says stay home, don't spread it anew
As people are catching it a second time too.

Flu, flu, I hate you
I'm out of clean clothes and my sheets stink too
And do I really need my period too?
Thanks body, what did I do to you?
My nose is swollen and just bled too
My face is spotty, my memory is too *

At home there are some saving graces
My husband's tea, my kids' kind faces
But the best thing of all that I can see:

So far the only one sick is me.

* I am blaming my illness for the standard of rhyming in this passage.