Come In From the Rain
I come in from the rain before I catch a cold --
No matter what science says, I have experience!
Once I thought facing down a draft rather bold
With age I have started trusting commonsense.
No matter what science says, I have experience,
And I have found that sneezes come with damp
With age I have started trusting commonsense,
Colds never came while I lay under a heating lamp.
And I have found that sneezes come with damp
After being rain-soaked and chilled to the bone,
Colds never came while I lay under a heating lamp
Not while I lay in the sunlight on a warm beach prone.
After being rain-soaked and chilled to the bone
My nose always started stuffing up and running
Not while I lay in the sunlight on a warm beach prone,
My discovery of this truth I think is not cunning.
My nose always started stuffing up and running
Eyes got rheumy, and I felt so completely crappy,
My discovery of this truth I think is not cunning
And so, coming in from the rain makes me happy.
Eyes got rheumy, and I felt so completely crappy,
Once I thought facing down a draft rather bold
And so, coming in from the rain makes me happy
I come in from the rain before I catch a cold!
Written May 8, 2022
Copyright © L Milton Hankins | Year Posted 2022
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