Aaaa Chooo!!!

The questionable sneeze
Swiftly infecting the cool breeze
Is it a cold or asthma,
Catarrh or a symptom of influenza
But beware for it might be SARS
Smarter than AIDS it kills in mass
You are in great danger
Be it a friend or a stranger
Doctors say you can wave but no handshakes
Or in a few weeks your wakes
No respect for your desire this bug
You can't touch much less hug
For the restless and carefree hard to cope
You are not like that I hope.

© Kifayah Abdul-Quadri, June 6, 2003