Losing My Grippe
Egon Schiele, Die Familie, 1918
Upper Belvedere, Wien,
Influenza, yet again!
Outfluenza, yes but when?
If you want to take me away
Okay, but please not this way
I am a useful member of society
I write poetry
I took my flu shot
My family has suffered enough
in 1918 my father lost a brother
that same year my mother lost her father
One of my favourite artists
Egon Schiele and his family
would all perish in that same year
Just a few souls
among the fifty million around the world
snatched from life
But if you insist
just grant me the wish
that I can fulfil
my promises before you reap.
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