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SICK

     SICK    Oh gee…I think I’m gonnaAhhhh Ahhh Ahhh CCHHOOO!!!!Sneeze. Jeez. This won’t doNot at all.I think I’m sickGonna fallRight into bed.Whatever I have it’s in my head. I’m dizzy and achy and chilled to the coreI shake inside and my muscles are sore. Maybe I have the flu…But if I had the flu, where would I fly to?If I really knew That I flew? Maybe it’s a cold.Or allergies to mold.But I feel so hot…How can I be cold?I’m not. Pneumonia could it be?That’s worse than an allergy.Bronchitis would be badBut a bronco I don’t have. What can it be?AAAHHHCCHHOOOO!!!Oh me. Sniff sniff snortMy breath is short.I cannot breath with ease.Oh jeez!! AnotherAacchhoooo!!!!Sneeze. I think I’d better stay in bedAnd take care of my achy head Achoo!!Oh gee what’s wrong with me?I hate being sickIt doesn’t end quick. It’s a code in by hedAt least I’m not dead. Whew!!AAAcchhoooo!!!!Sounds like Kung Fu. It’s a cold, it’s the fluIt’s the chills, it’s ague. Whatever it beWhy did it happen to me?Aacchhhoooo!!!Oh geeAgony.    Jeffrey Hollander  
— wizzardofodd, Jul 15, 2009

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Region, Country: Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

Favorite Poets: Ogden Nash, Emily Dickenson, Shel Silverstein

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themoonman

themoonman

16 years 10 months ago

Pogo...

Welcome to the site, please do jump in and offer your insights to the wide array of writers we have here. I enjoyed your humorous sickness... a fun read, must've been a fun write as well... it's a code in by hed... that is the way it comes out when we are all stopped up... had to think about it but once ol country me did, I was nodding in agreement. welcome again... Richard
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wizzardofodd

16 years 10 months ago

Sick

Thanks for the comment and the welcome. I did enjoy writing it. When I started writing sick, it flowed out like a sneeze...I will poke around and offer critiques.