So less

Whitish round or yellowy square

dissolving into a shape unclear

Pain, fever or just some solace

packed in a pill or liquid, no less

Bereft of taste and rivaling yet

the invention greatest

An unassuming chemical

Paracetamol/ Acetaminophen

Or shall we just say

a standing testimony

to human folly

to fall for solace

even at the cost

of destroying the innate

to glean some comfort

that doesn't last

par impermanence

of a fever that is

the body's

first line of defence