The farm gave me a cast iron stomach
And being raised by a teacher
Meant sick days were rare.

So when medical staff
Ask their list of questions
My answer is usually no, no family history.

'You have great veins’, they say 
And the blood comes hot and fast,
Filling as many vials as they need.

I barely took aspirin till my forties
So when I do take something it works 
right away, just like the packet says.

The only time they're quiet, noting down
My answer, is when it comes to you,
The x on the page, my black mark.