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Liar Liar Pants On Fire

You can only get chicken pox once.
Liar. Liar. Pants on fire.
Not funny to me.
I have had chicken pox twice.
I have had a form of chicken pox called slap cheek.
I have had shingles twice.
so liar, liar, pants on fire.

I am exhausted.
This lastest bout has taken all of my energy.
I am a sad rag doll who can barely walk.
My thinking is not sound.
I am sad.
I have to know it cannot happen again.
Five times was more than enough.
It has undone me.

I am not sure I can ever be put back together again.
Cyclones. Bad.
Typhoons. Bad.
Hurricanes. Bad.
Shingles. Worse.
Four Saturdays of pure misery.
Summer vacation ruined.
You only get chicken pox once.
Liar. Liar. Pants on fire.
Not funny to me.
Not in the least.

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Ilene Bauer Date: 6/16/2019 3:52:00 PM well said, caren! my thoughts are with you and my hope that you feel better IMMEDIATELY! Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 6/17/2019 2:43:00 AM Thank you Ilene. I think I have turned a corner. They finally found a medication that does not keep me wailing and screaming all day long.

Maurice Rigoler Date: 6/16/2019 11:19:00 AM I feel with you, Caren, first chicken pox, not shingles. Like your lack of energy to a rag doll. I know that feeling too. At least you can still write those witty poems of yours with their fantastic conceits. Don't lose courage. / M Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 6/17/2019 2:44:00 AM I have a tiny bit of hope; it is something.

Arturo Michael Date: 6/16/2019 10:37:00 AM I got the pox late...just last year...Well girl that is the most horrible looking thing to have happened to me...still frighten to look at myself in the mirror....I heard Shingles now have foot in the show... Login to Reply Arturo Michael Date: 6/17/2019 4:53:00 AM Immediately...Thank you... Caren Krutsinger Date: 6/17/2019 2:44:00 AM Get the shingles shot, Arturo. Run right to a pharmacy and get it today!