I was at a loose end

Coiled up for action

Capable of anything

Any hot infraction

You fanned my flame

Got me into a fever

Never let me sit still

Pulling every lever

Combustion failed us

From sad mouldering

We barely rose above

A gentle smouldering

We tried to rekindle

Gave the fire a poke

Rubbed twigs together

Lit not coal but coke

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I've been running a temperature lately

Watching my pulse rate soar sky high

Half the time I suffer from the shivers

I know what its like to want to die

When feelings turn to fever

You're on a slippery slope

Medical attention is crucial

Otherwise there's no hope

Tending my needs each day and night

Though she caused it, she's my nurse

Mopping my searing brow w...

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