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'I cannot go to school today, '
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
'I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox
And there's one more-that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut-my eyes are blue-
It might be instamatic flu.
I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke-
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in,
My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My nose is cold, my toes are numb.
I have a sliver in my thumb.
My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,
I think my hair is falling out.
My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
There is a hole inside my ear.
I have a hangnail, and my heart is-what?
What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is...Saturday?
G'bye, I'm going out to play! '
Shel Silverstein
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Taylor Scherer
(4/11/2009 10:39:00 PM) |
Shel Silverstein is my favorite author and i was extremly sad when i found out he had died many of years ago.
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Olivia Salvador
(1/4/2009 2:08:00 AM) |
You have the most funny poems in the world! It's a shame nobody just stops to look at your poems. I apreciate the effort you put into your true talent and hope you keep writing. The one poem, Title Sick, is just so funny! I couldn't put the big book of poems down untill i found every single one you wrote!
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Lossy -
(11/30/2008 10:33:00 AM) |
this poem is in my syllybus and it is really ausome, fintastic and heart touching.
thankyou!
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Sabrina Brown
(11/27/2008 6:12:00 AM) |
i like this poem it helped me win my seventh grade poetry fair
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Andrew Murphy
(10/12/2008 3:11:00 PM) |
This poem is good. Its full of good lies. My old teacher hates it.
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Chade' Frazier
(5/6/2008 7:13:00 AM) |
this is the poem that helped me win my 4th grade dramatic reading contest.thank you shel silverstein
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Tina Attig
(4/11/2008 10:50:00 AM) |
The Perfect EXCUSES for not going to school...until your mom says you can't play if your too sick to go to school.: (
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Christina Parker
(3/28/2008 2:26:00 PM) |
haha I love this poem! ! It reminds me of the excuses I use to make to avoid going to school.
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Hannah Cronin
(1/29/2008 7:56:00 AM) |
Awesome poem
I sometimes feel like that too!
Hannah
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