[For Joe]

[le_traiteur]

I can't remember the last time I was honest to God sick like this. It had to be well before I joined the Army, because once we started seein' combat, I was too stubborn to let myself be ill. This particular bout has been comin' on for over a week, and maybe it was the distraction of the holidays or maybe it was all the things the snow brought to mind, but I obviously didn't do much of a job of fightin' it, 'cause I've been throwin' up on and off for two days now, laid up in bed and feverish. Wantin' to get up and can't. Joe's fit to be tied, and I might be amused by it if I didn't feel like such shit.

There is one good thing come out of this, at least: I'm not sleepin' with any damned dogs.