Giving Up Tea

I love tea. Strong milky tea.
Lots of it. Or I did, until last Friday
when I landed in hospital
with a kidney infection.
Every day last week, my beloved said
“Are you sure you don’t want to see a doctor?”
(I had a UTI.)
And all week, I said, “Nah, I’ll be fine.”
Then late last Friday, I could hardly walk.
“Yeah,” I said, “I don’t think I am fine.”
One hospital gown, painkillers, and an IV drip
later, my beloved and I were back at home.
I haven’t had a cup of tea since.
Since that’s what the doctor said.
Okay, so I had one cup. But I’m pretty sure
I’ve learned my lesson about a lot of things.
Not that tea causes kidney infections; it’s just
hard on them once you have one.

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