On Giving Germs and Other Things
I'm sneezy, stuffy, slimy sick.
I had to write this post real quick.
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| by David Lat via sxc.hu |
Before the boogies hit my keys,
I'm typing out two poetries.
So I won't give my germs to you,
I'll grab a tissue and Achoo!
This tiny poem was inspired by
The National Day of Service:
Some give money.
Some give time.
Some give thanks.
But all give.
By Lauri C. Meyers, 2013
This cold has had me for a week. Though
it's customary to say I "have a cold," it’s pretty clear who has the
upper hand. Thanks for stopping by, but you better go take
a bath in anti-bacterial goo now.
Give me no germs,
ReplyDeleteWe've had them a plenty.
Colds, flu and fevers.
I think we've had twenty!
(Divided by four, so just 5 each) :-)
Feel better soon!
I feel like we've had a few this season too. But I don't remember being down and out like I am with this one for years!
DeleteI was dying to rhyme with get well soon you great baffoon but that's so rude I'll just say Rest is best lol.
ReplyDeleteI am one of those rare people who doesn't mind being called a buffoon, especially when it's a GREAT one!
DeleteI do so love poems with the word "boogies" in them. Well done, Lauri. Get well soon!
ReplyDeleteYes and I discovered "boogies" can be classified with "orange" under "words that don't have rhymes." I suppose you could go with "To shake off my boogie, I danced boogie-woogie," but that seems like cheating.
DeleteNoogies!
DeleteNoogies, yes indeed. I confess to thinking for way too long about which context boogies and noogies would come up together. The best I could do is this limerick:
DeleteEveryone hated Bobby Kincaid
The biggest bully in the first grade.
He picked out his boogies,
Then gave us all noogies,
And called it a scrub with lemonade.
So sorry you're feeling sickly,
ReplyDeletehope you get better quickly. :)
You know there's a Blue Mountain Greeting Card contest every year in December? I think you could have your poetry proudly displayed on a greeting card one day :)
DeleteGet better soon! We've been tossing around germs in our household, too.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind tossing them around - it's the keeping them for 10 days I don't care for!
DeleteGet better soon! I hate to be down with a cold. Maybe it'll be a good time for story inspiration (I'm annoyingly optimistic, I know). :)
ReplyDeleteI think you need a really high fever to get great inspiration! I was inspired the first few days but then 14 days later I was like What Gives?! But optimism is always welcome :)
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