Red

One day I came to work at nine. 
I thought that things were going fine, 
Until my boss came by and said, 
“You look like you should be in bed.”

 I looked about and then turned red. 
My heart constricted with sheer dread. 
For what did I see when I looked down? 
I sat at my desk in my dressing gown.

--Janel O., Adult