Sore Tonsil Pyjama's

Sore tonsil pyjamas

Fever and Strepsils lodged in my throat

with Pick'nPay jelly

and everything is spiralling and feathery

as I wake up in Ward Three

while others fidget in hymn practice

I am home by midday

with shredded swallowing and puzzles

still in bed at tea time

while Antjie polishes the passage

and still in the same stuffy clothes

as the endless nightmare night before.