The cough returns
It starts as a tickle
Maddeningly hard to reach
Nothing can touch it
Tongue, toothbrush, or beverage
Long after the fever is gone
The aching has subsided
The chills faded away
It lingers
A hair trigger on the voicebox
Caught off guard once again
Interrupted
Phlegm amidst the words
Maddeningly hard to reach
Nothing can touch it
Tongue, toothbrush, or beverage
Long after the fever is gone
The aching has subsided
The chills faded away
It lingers
A hair trigger on the voicebox
Caught off guard once again
Interrupted
Phlegm amidst the words