Homemade Stew

A stuffy nose leads to runny nose, frozen toes and thick as jelly mucus
sitting in your chest not allowing you to rest, mucus really sucks because there is nothing you can do but suck on lozenges and say aw nuts - 
sitting on the couch all afternoon
watching cartoons run across your living room 
listening to geese fly by 
thinking is it time to lie down and rest 
just take a breath and maybe two. 
My lungs feel like they have ingested glue 
they huff and puff to no avail 
so off to the kitchen I go to warm a big huge heaping bowl of...
touch of magic, toad tongues stew, a pinch of nutmeg, thyme for two - what are some homemade remedies that work for you?

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Date: 11/23/2019 1:06:00 PM
Nancy, I love this sick poem of yours, frozen toes, cartoons, toad tongues, and all. -Richard
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Date: 10/17/2019 9:37:00 PM
"He told me he had a delicious recipe for Toad Stew, and after a little bit of coaxing, he agreed to share it with me!' 'Would you help me gather the ingredients for it? I still need some toad tongues and legs. You will find toads all along the rivers that run through Tâl Bruinen, I wager.. I understand that the green river-toads have the tastiest legs and tongues! Don't come back here with legs and tongues from the red ones. Wéthorm was most specific on that point!" ---Lord of the Rings---
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Date: 10/17/2019 9:31:00 PM
Awe Nancy, I hope you're not really ill. Maybe one of these will help. Hope you feel better. Enjoyed the write. "Take frog-spawn, toad's tongue---stew all in a skillet, and when the moon is at the full distil it; -----Faustis------
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Nancy Beckman
Date: 10/18/2019 10:19:00 PM
Darn full moon just passed here lol Never seen Lord of the Rings, maybe I'll take a page from their book - peace -
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