Sick

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Sick

• By Shel Silverstein

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I cannot go to school today,
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
I have measles and the mumps,
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A gash, a rash and purple
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My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
eye
Im going blind in my right
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My tonsils are as BIG as rocks,
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Ive counted sixteen chicken pox
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And theres one more--thats seventeen,
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And dont you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut, my eyes are blue--
It might be instamatic flu.
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I cough and sneeze and gasp and ch-choke,
Bro
Im sure that my left leg is
ke--
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
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My belly buttons in,
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My back is wrenched, my ankles spra
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My pendix pains each time it rains.
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cold
My nose is , my toes are numb.
I have a sliver in my thumb.
My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,
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I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,
f a l l i n g
I think my hair is out.
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My elbows , my spine aint
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My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is , I cannot hear,
shrunk
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There is a inside my ear.
hole
I have a nail, and my heart is--what?
hang
Whats that? Whats that you say?
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You say today is...
Saturday?
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Gbye, Im going out to play!