The first time I had Covid, I took pills,
because of age and lung-predicted fate.
The side effects felt worse than any ills
the virus brought. So for my second bout
I didn’t fill a ‘scrip – I bore the chills
and pleasant fever for two days and stayed
at home another five, as prudence wills.
A steady headache went another eight,
abating softly, like a hiccup stills.