from Work to Play

"Rest", the voice of reason speaks to him today,
The rest? Who cares, whats the reason for today?
Whose who? And why should he, she, it care for you?
Ah, this is what we call a personal ending,
Behold, "it" is not a person but a thing!

Thetis regrets that J.Billings has been feeling under the weather :(  She has written him a consolatory poem to launch his blog:

We know germs can attack at any moment--
No escape from the raging Norfolk virus.
Mighty Jacob has fallen victim to it!