2023 NaPM 5 April

[dukealien]

Candy Pills


In my pantry slouches half
a bag of honey lemon drops
which scares me every time I see
it standing there.  This January
I caught COVID, likely at
a seafood place: my throat swelled up
and burned in sinus sympathy.
My doctor gave me nothing, not
so much as aspirin–  you see,
all curatives are out of bounds
because a certain president,
much hated, offered hope with them.
It was a wretched week I had
with only lemon drops to soothe
a flaming throat. That’s why I dread
those innocent hard candies for
there’s still no cure, just sour-sweet
non-cures in place of drugs reviled.

Based very closely on a true story.