{"id":4818,"date":"2019-04-13T04:38:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T09:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/?p=4818"},"modified":"2019-04-13T04:38:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T09:38:06","slug":"saturday-quote-143","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/archives\/4818","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Quote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sick<\/b>
\nBy Shel Silverstein<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot go to school today,”
\nSaid little Peggy Ann McKay.
\n\u201cI have the measles and the mumps,
\nA gash, a rash and purple bumps.
\nMy mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
\nI\u2019m going blind in my right eye.
\nMy tonsils are as big as rocks,
\nI\u2019ve counted sixteen chicken pox
\nAnd there\u2019s one more–that\u2019s seventeen,
\nAnd don\u2019t you think my face looks green?
\nMy leg is cut–my eyes are blue–
\nIt might be instamatic flu.
\nI cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
\nI\u2019m sure that my left leg is broke–
\nMy hip hurts when I move my chin,
\nMy belly button\u2019s caving in,
\nMy back is wrenched, my ankle\u2019s sprained,
\nMy \u2018pendix pains each time it rains.
\nMy nose is cold, my toes are numb.
\nI have a sliver in my thumb.
\nMy neck is stiff, my voice is weak,
\nI hardly whisper when I speak.
\nMy tongue is filling up my mouth,
\nI think my hair is falling out.
\nMy elbow\u2019s bent, my spine ain\u2019t straight,
\nMy temperature is one-o-eight.
\nMy brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
\nThere is a hole inside my ear.
\nI have a hangnail, and my heart is–what?
\nWhat\u2019s that? What\u2019s that you say?
\nYou say today is. . .Saturday?
\nG\u2019bye, I\u2019m going out to play!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sick By Shel Silverstein \u201cI cannot go to school today,” Said little Peggy Ann McKay. \u201cI have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I\u2019m going blind in my right eye. My tonsils are as big as rocks, I\u2019ve counted sixteen chicken … <\/p>\n

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