003 - Jab

I went and had a flu jab

It really wasn’t quite so bad

Although we had to wait in line

Outside for quite some time

I knew no-one in the queue

I had nothing much to do

To add insult to the pain

It was threatening to rain

But I wasn’t so alone

Cos’ luckily I had my ‘phone

So I looked up my online friends

To assess their virtual offence

Because in this day and age

It’s easy to cause outrage

Even if you didn’t mean to

That’s just the way that things go

Flicking through my Facebook contacts

Was just a huge distract

A way to avoid any mention

Of my injection apprehension

I got to the front of the queue

The Nurse said - “It’s just me and you”

She smiled and pricked my arm

And I went home without too much harm

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This poem appears in the book World’s Bestest Poetry Volume One, available from the Shop!