Getting Sick in 2020

Something's not right

I can't swallow properly

Inflamation

Glands are up

But no fever

So my hands are up

"What's going on?"

It's been day three

I'm trapped in a different state

No medical cover

And too wary they might jab me

Don't want to be tested and molested

Woke up with blood in my throat

Feel a bit pale

But I can still get to work

Don't wanna bail and be a queen about it

Probably nothing serious

Like instead of C-19 it's likely just TB or Lymphoma

Or maybe it's just a fishbone stuck in there

It could be HIV, no big deal

Society will heal

No one would mourne the loss of me

So long as it's not Corona ("God fordid!")

Then I best be shutting up

And keep my phobias inside my head until I'm dead