PLEASE KEEP TO YOURSELF

The page is covered in watercolor blues and greens, with the side profile of a face breathing, and the lower text covered by wind-like drawings that leave the words of the poem exposed.


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PLEASE KEEP TO YOURSELF

How often do we

sniffle, snuffle I thought I’d never

snuffle sniffle

I really ought to have a medal

for bravery!

How could you be so thoughtless

scattering infectious germs

close enough to breathe in his

face

Feeling utterly miserable

keep others from feeling likewise– you think!

not so easily solved.

But she can do her

best– by inhaling and trying