I slept and slept and didn’t wake till ten.
That is the longest I’ve slept in for years.
Maybe having this cold helped me remain
Unconscious for that long, so that repairs
To viral damage could proceed. Now there’s
Almost a good reason for being ill:
Staying in bed half the day, no affairs
Of concern, body warm, relaxed and still,
Mind in another world in which my will
Has more authority than this cold one,
This unresponsive mistress, she that cares
For nothing, not only not for me. Till
Bedtime, now only an hour away, then,
I’ll endure all bodily trials and tears.
Sat 29 Dec 2007
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