6. Red

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  Strange malaise,
one I can't place,
struggling of late,
discomforting state.

  Persistent lethargy,
sloth-like and heavy,
burning internals,
frequent intervals.

  No temperature,
no warning lever,
don't know what's wrong,
been rather long.

  Medicine trough,
can't rid me this cough,
expulsion so violent,
incessantly recurrent.

  Over a fortnight
this ailment I fight,
still hasn't eased,
can't be appeased.

  Development is seen,
now spitting green,
not just all
that joined this brawl.

  It's just the coughing,
no injury I'm suffering,
I haven't bled...

  But I see red...

T.O.G.K.

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