Chronic Fatigue and Post-covid Syndrome.

 I used to have some symptoms of the one
(especially continual fatigue and depression)
with bouts of energetic ataraxia;

now I have symptoms of the other.
Preparing for bed is quite a bother. 

Gastric revolt, sometimes brain fog so bad
I have had to work out how to turn on the kettle
and turn off the laptop; I'm almost always cold;
the type of tiredness that makes me hope
I can die quickly, quietly from fatigue.
Currently I need to rest half-way
as I pull myself up the stairs,
and have difficulty getting out of the car
and up the 50-metre slope to it.
Yet I can drive. 

Listening to the radio,
updating websites and composing blogs
make me feel a little more alive.

Last week I even managed to saw two logs,
but I simply don't have the energy
to trot out my symptoms my doctor
or to become a victim of the Wellness Industry.

My latest bargain second-hand buy
folds and fits in the front well of the car.
I don't think I'll use the plastic tray.