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She dropped hints that
Her arrival was imminent.
Scratchy throat,
Heaviness in chest
All signs
She would barge in, uninvited.
She visited others
All winter long,
Now that spring is on
My doorstep
She popped in
For an extended visit.
She said,
“You are long overdue.
I haven’t seen you in a year.”
She brought me
Her finest
Hacking cough,
Thick phlegm,
Drippy nose,
Tired eyes,
Pounding headache.
She is a bad influence,
All I want to do is
Lay around
With my eyes closed.
It’s time for her
To hit the road,
Vacate,
Decamp.
I have work to do.
Good-bye cold,
I will not let you stay.
Pack up your symptoms and move on!
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I looked at your title and thought this was going to be a skunk or something! I was surprised. I almost never get sick, but I woke up with a cold yesterday. Can’t wait for this unwelcome guest to go away!
CREATIVE! I could read your voice and thought it might be the flu so I’m relieved it’s a cold. My grandma always said lots of vitamin C.
Oooooo! I love personifying a cold! What a great way to describe your symptoms-definitely an unwanted guest! Feel better soon!
Oh, yuck! I’m sorry you’re feeling down. Get well SOON! It’s going around!
You always have the most creative personification slices, elsie! One of my favorite things about your blog! My visitor is here too, but mine is called allergies and she’ll stay til next winter… bleh!
Aren’t uninvited guests the worst?!?
I didn’t catch on at first, thinking some kind of animal/insect/unwanted being was at your door. Ha! It was all of those! Yes, rest only to post 2 more days!!! Get well, Elsie! Your titles always invite me into your blog.
Wow, this is awesome! I was not expecting this female visitor to be a cold! You got me and I loved it! I hope you’re feeling better soon. And way to have a sense of humor even when you’re down, Elsie!
Oh no! Sorry to hear that Elsie. I am still getting over mine, so I feel your pain. Rest up and drink lots of fluids. Loved your poem btw!
Ugh, well described, but ugh anyway! Feel better soon, Elsie.
No one wants or needs this kind of uninvited guest. Hopefully she won’t overstay her visit but quickly move on. Take care.
Even in sickness you write well! You have a special knack for personification, I think. Hope you feel better soon!
Get well, my dear friend!
Oh no-kick her to the curb! At our house, it has been strep throat…both boys. I hope you feel better soon!!!
Even as sick as you sound and you still create an amazing poem! How do you do that??? Feel better soon Elsie! Hot chicken soup they say and plenty of rest!
Elsie, another classic from your pen! I especially like your use of the word “decamp” and that last salutation: “Pack up your symptoms and move on!” Hoping you’re on the road to recovery!
I love the lighthearted approach to something we all know is NO FUN! Feel better soon!
Oh yuck! I mean, great that you were healthy most of the winter, but still… Now?!!?
Hope you feel 100% by the weekend.
Now that’s an unwelcome guest, an uninvited visitor for sure. How dare she?
I hope she packs up her belongings and moves on soon. Ignore her the best you can. Sleep. Drink lots of fluids and don’t offer her any. Make her take nasty spoonfuls of suppressants while you delightfully dip your spoon into some savory soups. Hopefully she’ll get the hint. 🙂
Indeed, “hit the road” I say! You’ve been creative in this description, and I also hope that it helps to shout out that you want it no more, Elsie.
True that. Not a cold but our allergies are owning on us today. It’s awful! I love this – “decamp” – amongst other perfectly placed gems for evacuation and misery. Oh, feel better, Elise 😊
In your characteristic witty way, you have captured a universal experience. Your execution is flawless and funny. What a clever writer you are!
This is perfect. Unwelcome, but perfect. Take care but don’t let her get the best of you!
We have been fortunate (so far) that “she” has not visited us. Hope you’re feeling better soon. “She” does seem to hang on forever.
I’m sorry to hear you are sick. That stinks! Love how you turned it into a poem. Reminds me of the Mucinex commercials.
Great, great metaphor, and original, too! Tell us when you figure out how to get her to hit the road.
I was ill for two months straight! It was horrible. I never thought to write a poem about it. I think I’ll save this idea for the next time I’m sick. Wonderful!
Yep, a late arrival at our house this year, too. I love how you approached this!
Made me smile. The unwelcome visitor came to visit my husband. I hope she too has vacated.
Hey, she just came to my house too! I’m doing all I can to make it a short visit.
Oh, what a poetic take on a cold! This was fun to read… sorry about the visitor though. Please do not send her in this direction.