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Acid Reflux 7:00 Post Meridiem September 24th 2019

Acid reflux ~ 7:00 post meridiem September 24th, 2019 Ah... nothing more enjoyable than acidic gastric fluid flowing backward into esophagus, resulting in heartburn, disrupting pleasant dreams, nor unsure how successful literary endeavor crafting poem regarding aforementioned will yield. While deeply asleep during late afternoon siesta above name named date/time, yours truly immediately awoke with a start, at strong violent urge to upheap I made little or no bowed peep, but sat bolt upright stock still tear ducts activated eyes as if ready to weep. Sadness less pervasive than fright since reverse peristalsis uncommon within body electric regarding plight, which analogous volcanic eruption albeit bubbling magmatic flow slight reverse peristalsis found yours truly on par with fire breathing dragon ar goo ably momentarily nonplussed - while dry cough minus gushing lava gratefully only smoldered before sim ring upper gastrointestinal tract did allow, enable, and provide mouths full of distilled water quench sudden unquenchable thirst relieved result ant unpleasant aftertaste (no pun intended), yet distilling humor helps me weather, manage, cope... with unexpected physiological fee nom mina - shot straight up within digest heave tract, and did lament this rick hitty packet of muscle and bone aft times susceptible to disheartening woebegone news afflicting this non Norwegian bachelor farmer, whom if the missus cooking triggered bout unleashing bit torrent of unsavory plate tectonics, perhaps indicative of continental drift shrunk down to miniature, where fault in thee stars must be held in contempt of court if for no other reason, I just wanted to incorporate said phrase, tip here me got some legal lear'n, when truth Philly admits he seems to know less, the he learns, which prompts me to posit emphatically that ignorance iz equivalent to bliss, thus presenting quandary how kin this pronouncedly reasonably intelligent garden variety *****sapiens unfetter himself with cumulative knowledge without reek horse to invasive surgery such as... prefrontal lobotomy, or te deum down smarts some unknown cyber surfer(s) could easily misconstrue as vainness, smugness, quintessential pomposity?

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Date: 9/25/2019 3:23:00 AM
oh poor you Matthew an extremely graphic vivid description of acid reflux, it made me wince but you used humour on the subject and that made me smile:-) hope you feel better now:-) hugs jan xx
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