cough

celeste had a little cough
its phlegm was white as snow
and everywhere that celeste went
the cough was sure to go

it followed her to work one day
it followed her back home
she took it on a shopping trip
and travelling to stokholm

she shared a cabin with her cough
once in the deepest wood
she stayed at home one semester
while cough worked their livelihood

and then one day the cough was gone
as fast as it began
i think it travels far and wide
with celeste's old mailman