Sick
By
Shel
Silverstein
?
I
cannot
go
to
school
today
,
"
Said
little
Peggy
Ann
McKay
.
?
I
have
the
measles
and
the
mumps
,
A
gash
,
a
rash
and
purple
____________________
.
My
mouth
is
wet
,
my
throat
is
dry
,
I'm
going
blind
in
my
right
____________________
.
My
tonsils
are
as
big
as
rocks
,
I've
counted
sixteen
chicken
pox
And
there's
one
____________________
-
-
that's
seventeen
,
And
don't
you
think
my
face
looks
green
?
My
leg
is
cut
-
-
my
eyes
are
blue
-
-
It
might
be
instamatic
____________________
.
I
cough
and
sneeze
and
gasp
and
choke
,
I'm
sure
that
my
left
leg
is
____________________
-
-
My
hip
hurts
when
I
move
my
chin
,
My
belly
button's
caving
____________________
,
My
back
is
wrenched
,
my
ankle's
sprained
,
My
?
pendix
pains
each
time
it
____________________
.
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
____________________
.
My
tongue
is
filling
up
my
mouth
,
I
think
my
hair
is
falling
____________________
.
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
____________________
!
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:
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sick
-
by
-
shel
-
silverstei
n
