L'enfant malade

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

27 April 2012 · Journal