blip

beep...99.1...beep...100.4...beep...101.6...beep...102.7...beep...
burning-sweating vs. shivering-shaking = frustratingly febrile
downing brufen like lifebreath and getting nowhere
finally visit the dish (the school clinic) to be diagnosed with tonsilitis,
dumped with a packet of meds
of which my nurse-mother advises me to skip most,
just take the antibiotic azithromycin
drink this lime juice, sip this barley-soup broth,
slurp this rice and russum
curl on the couch for a couple days
home is the best place to be sick anyway, don't be sorry
and beep...101.4...beep...99.6...beep...96.1? haha
i'm fine...it was just a blip ;)