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[bodytext] => Life's a fever A cold sweat In the middle of the night Fighting for your life A coughing fit One tonic after another The hot flashes And cold splashes Of water from a rusty sink It's a bandaid on a broken leg A crutch you don't need Because it’s only a headache One bottle, two bottles Push down and twist the cap Call the doctor You're fading fast Miracle cures and promises Every disease you don't catch Your neighbor has Read the papers and cross your legs No sex for fear of aids Eat your greens and sip your tea Don't eat meat Soy milk and dried banana chips The food pyramid of do's and don'ts Regret not what you do, but what you won't On your death bed Say your prayers Lord knows it's the first time in how many years Life passing before your eyes It's a surprise Coming out of nowhere It sneaks right up on you Life is short Smell the roses But don't step on the grass Life's a disease But death knocks you on your ass Vitamins pills, medicine bills Writing your will Inheriting ills Passed down the generations Every infliction raises suspicion The doctors question and test Poke, prod, and press Your grandpa had it and so can you A true inheritance is not what you have But what you have to loose Life is simple You just got to live it Each day a symptom, something new Take your medications But remember there is nothing they can do Life’s a fever Hot and steady Death will cure you when your ready [comments] => 4 [counter] => 153 [topic] => 60 [informant] => C2C [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 4 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => insomniac )
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