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
Copyright © Earl Schumacker | Year Posted 2014
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