Catching wretched colds!

What could you do less of?

A thing I could do less of

Is catching wretched colds!

Dreadful sneezing, all bunged up

Or worse a runny nose.


You canโ€™t do what you want to

Youโ€™re miserable as hell

And everyone will hate you

Case they get one as well!


Iโ€™ve taken all my vitamin D

A substitute for sun

Wrap up well when I go out

And make sure that Iโ€™m warm.


As for other vitamins

Iโ€™m stuffed with fruit and veg

You canโ€™t say as we grow the stuff

That we donโ€™t eat enough.


Whisper it quite quietly

But perhaps I do too much.

It seems I donโ€™t get injuries

But coughs and colds and such.


Forgetting that Iโ€™m 70 plus

I push myself too hard

I fail to get the balance right

And end up off the track.


Thankful for the vaccines

COVID and the flu

I only get a sniffy nose

Never anything worse.