Isobel
Isn’t well
When she grizzles
We can tell
Our baby isn’t
Feeling swell
When the Calpol
Barely quells
Her hot and bothered
Midnight yells
The case is even
More compelling
Getting better?
Isn’t telling
Image: Eugène Carrière, L’enfant malade (detail, 1885), Musée d’Orsay