Sickness Is…
This is something that I wrote when I was a kid. I don’t have any idea how old I was. My mother came upon it the other day and passed it along:
Sickness is wearing your pajamas all day.
Sickness is flipping through the phone book to find funny names.
Sickness is when you have to drink a lot of fluids and all your mother gives you is Kool-Aid.
Sickness is dialing 77 and listening to the recording say, “I’m sorry. The number you are trying to reach is not in service.”
Sickness is taking naps because it is the most enjoyable thing to do.
Sickness is having tomato soup and one saltine for lunch.
Sickness is not reading “Elephant Jokes” because it hurts when you laugh.
Sickness is trying to guess what time it is and unplugging the clock so that you are right every time.
Sickness is when the only thing that doesn’t ache is your left ear lobe.
Sickness is when you get to stay home from school but don’t even enjoy it.
Sickness is watching the soap operas and getting nauseated.
Sickness is reading all of your Thor comic books for the 30th time.
Sickness is taking capsules 65 cubits by 73 cubits by 8 cubits.
Sickness is counting the flowers in the drapes and trying to decide what to do with the fractional parts.
Sickness is getting excited when you discover that it takes the second hand a minute to get around the clock.
Sickness is getting to eat all of the ice cream you want and not wanting any.
