water tower


took
 that iPhone photo
 through
 the dirty windshield
 of the rental car
 on
 i90 aka kennedy expressway
 (expressway being a joke surely since every time i drove it i sat in traffic for frictin' ever)
 just before
 the exit for my friend's place in chicago

 it was
 the
 only
 water tower
 i saw
 while in chicago
(even tho they have a place called water tower place just saying)

 i did get another one 
when
 we were in galena
 i will share
it
 another time

 i have
 the world's 
worst cold

 i was
 so sick

how sick was i?

so sick
 i took
 tuesday off 
slept til 10 
after
 being awake 
most of the night
 coughing
sneezing
 blowing
 my 
very 
sore nose

 i wonder
 if the flu shot
 i got last week
 made this cold worse
 i wasn't 
sick
 or
experiencing
 any cold symptoms 
when
 i got the shot
 but 
it was
just
 a few days
 after
my return from chicago
 and 
we all know 
how 
germs
love 
airplanes