I’m loath to draw attention
To either lack or skill
So wouldn’t think to mention
My being fairly ill.
I’m like a one who battles
Avoiding taking breaks
Although their rib-cage rattles
And every muscles aches.
I must have learned the danger
Of people long ago,
So neither friend nor stranger
Is ever first to know.
And yet there is a person
I’ll tell if symptoms worsen
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