Flu

I thought I had a cold, at first,
But now I think it was something worse.

Last night I came down with the chills - I couldn't walk around my own house without shivering uncontrollably. I needed a winter coat or an electric blanket to stop the shivers.

Marsha says that was a fever, which is typical of the flu.

Well, the flu vaccine was in plentiful supply this year, and I got a shot. But every year they have to guess which flu varieties will run wild, and this year they did not guess correctly. I hope they do better next year.

The scientists are desirous
Of anticipating
This ever-mutating
Virus.