Rufus & More Cough

Rufus Wainwright by Oliver Mark, from WikiPedia

The cold and the cough are still here.

Back home from work early, you seek comfort in what is at hand. A tea with thyme bought in Crete months ago after trying it in the hotel and never drunk since; a jar of honey someone gave you; a cake whose purpose was an afternoon party you couldn’t make yesterday. 

You also listen to The One You Love, a song by Rufus Wainwright you rediscovered by chance recently. When it was released in 2005, your Discman played it on a loop. The amount of money you spent on batteries was shameful. Now you enjoy the video on YouTube for free but unavailable fifteen years ago, and read its WikiPedia entry:

“The One You Love” is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It served as the first single from Wainwright’s fourth studio album, Want Two, and was released digitally in the UK on February 28, 2005. Promotional singles distributed to radio stations contained both the album version and a radio edit. 

The song failed to chart in any country.