Doggerel Dave

Fever

As the ambulance sped me to hospital

Could it be, was this my ‘final curtain’?

                          *

Fever tore at me all day and all night;

Sleep deprivation the hospital’s cure,

Arms punctured relentlessly without fight:

I’m home now recovered with sleep so pure.

                           *

I’m surprised it wasn’t my end at all -

An encore then, (subject matter uncertain)?