Lurgy-bug Clergy

On my birthday (needing to purge me?)
I came down with the dreaded lurgy,
cooties and wine too far from surgery

Don't just cry dirge, get jolly and hoot
a surge of laughs merged with tears,
a splurge of grog, hot grub, free loot,
lob platters and tankards, flesh on spears

Be my doctor, my priest, my spouse, my holy urge

Come to me, lurgy-bug clergy

-Paleonate, 7 February 2013