I took a sick day.
I’m feeling some guilt.
I feel like I’ve tarnished,
Good attendance I’ve built.
But, I am really sick,
And, not up to no good.
No, this is no fun,
Using the day like I should.
Employee like the others.
Not someone super human.
I succumbed to a bacteria,
Or, to a viral vermin.
Try not to think about,
The work piled on my desk.
Try to lay here in silence.
Try hard, get some rest.
Yes, try and be still,
Very quiet and just be.
Besides there nothing good,
On daytime T.V.
Well, the sun is now setting.
Feeling better, I find.
Back to work tomorrow,
Back in my chair, my behind.
But, there’s that one person,
Who will doubt my story.
No matter how sick I felt,
With symptoms so horrid.
I do not want to be nasty.
Wish any bad luck her way.
Just maybe she’ll soon have to,
Use up a sick day?
Then I can question,
All of her woes,
See how she likes it,
When I step on her toes!