He was coughing, a dry cough from the bottom of his throat’s well.
Is it the coronavirus, or just the flu?
His nose was running (it hadn’t been this morning).
Is it an allergy (spring is in the air), or just a cold?
He was embarrassed because he couldn’t stop coughing (though he drank lots of water and sucked on a cough drop), thinking that the others were eyeing him (and several people had left).
Is it because of him, or is all of this just in his mind?
Michael Seidel, writer 
Just the flu…now there’s an indictment of the times.
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Yeah, I reflected on that when I write those words, ‘just the flu’ and considered changing the words, but then thought them apt for the times. Cheers
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