Earl Schumacker Poet Didactic

How To Catch a Cold

How To Catch A Cold

Wait until nightfall
When all is quiet
And you are alone in your room
With the cold
Sneak up on it
In the dark
With a Sherman tank
Don’t make a sound!
Take a sling filled with aspirin
Without noise
Prepare the walls with vapor-rub and love
As you move slowly around the room
Slip a pill down its throat
Pray that it stays there
While you lift it lightly
Into a box marked for colds

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Skat A April 30, 2014 at 9:12 PM EARL, this is a sweet win:) Congratulations, <3 always ~SKAT~ <3 Earl Schumacker May 1, 2014 at 8:17 AM Thanks SKAT. My poems are like my children. I send them out in the world to stand on their own merits. Some try to be good. Others require more shaping. As you can see, this one caught a cold. (I try not to feed them too much pen & ink for fear they might become...addictive...) Earl

Poet Destroyer A April 26, 2014 at 1:16 AM Earl, , stopping by a second and third time, this time to congratulate you awesome win:) Thank you so much for bearing out my contest. If you like, -stop by my latest blog "LOVE" Enjoy the tiny tribute to all the winning poems. Here's the link, just in case you're one of the new poets. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=556582 ***Always & Forever*** -LINDA Earl Schumacker April 26, 2014 at 6:26 AM Thank You so much Linda! Earl

Larry Berdoo April 12, 2014 at 2:57 PM Earl thats original; prepare the walls with vapor-rub, Excellent! Earl Schumacker May 1, 2014 at 8:22 AM Hi Larry. I'm sorry I'm getting back to you late. In the beginning I didn't know that I could respond back to readers. I'm just finding out. Thank you so much for your kind words. I am deeply appreciative. Regards, Earl