Fever 1O2

(Here's one poem I wrote 2 weeks ago. I hope you will like it!)

Fever 1O2
(pronounced as: Fever One O Two)

Yesterday, I had a fever, and yes it’s still there.
I remember mummy telling me – Beware
of eating junk food a lot,
And now it’s the fever what I’ve got!

Mummy was afraid and papa was too,
Although thermometer read degrees one O two.
But the loss of time which I’m having now,
Cannot be regained anyhow!

We visited a doctor, across the street,
Looked like the demon barber of the Fleet Street.
He examined me for a minute or two,
And he sighed with a big “wooh!”

“What” – I responded on his reaction,
Like an actor who spoke before the “action”.
I wanted to ask him the reason,
But he looked, as if he’ll send me treason!

Silence had filled the ambience there.
Like a scene of a funeral with no voice.
Silence got broken by that moment, where
he said in a sorrowful voice,

“The guy is suffering from fever” – he told,
Like he was telling us a story-untold.
Before I anything spoke,
he continued by showing me ‘the hope’.

“Fever will last for a month or two”
He was smiling like I’ve nothing else to do.
I said “Tell me the reason, I want to get cured”
“Exams I’ve to fight & a position to be secured”

“Listen, my child!” – were the words he said,
“Fever is different, unlike you have had.
It’s not because of the junk food and all,
not because of hanging-out in mall!”

Mummy exclaimed to be very sure about,
“World Cup fever it is!” which has caught him “OUT”!
“No” – was the answer of the doc,
“It’s something else, which will make you feel a shock!”

Suddenly one answer came to my mind,
With a speed greater than ‘c’,
It made me for once blind,
When did, I process it and see!

“Exam Fever” – I yelled.
Yelling was just to emphasise,
The pressure, which my mind used to held.
like a big heavy prize.

Doctor smiled – “Rightly said son!”
And then prepared himself for a speech:
“This fever is so common,
Which makes colours of a man go bleach!

Most people have faced this,
In their whole lifetime anyhow.
Be it a four year old child,
Or a big fat cow!

What if we look this from another angle.
If this fever didn’t exist,
People would be lazy and bungle,
with minds covered with thick white mist.”

Well, that’s what all happened yesterday,
With a fever 1O2 for the whole day.
Now I’m feeling bit relaxed and fine,
By ending this story and going to dine!
:)

- RisHiRaJ