{"id":1270,"date":"2015-04-05T11:49:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T19:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2015-04-05T11:49:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T19:49:09","slug":"allergies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1270","title":{"rendered":"Allergies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Allergies<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It is allergy time again.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s\u00a0 yuck dripping from your chin.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You cough, hack, and pee your pants.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Get choked up, like in a trance.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Your eyes will water and burn.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You look like you swallowed a worm.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Your nose will run. You\u2019re not having fun.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The ground is parched from too much sun.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Things still bloom, sometimes in vain.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They would bloom more, if it would rain.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pollens pollute the air.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Allergens are everywhere.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u00a0 is no place to run and hide.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You feel like you are half alive.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Is there nothing we can do?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Is there something to swallow or chew?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the counter meds are a joke.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They don\u2019t help to lessen the smote.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You won\u2019t be able to sleep at night.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

All the coughing & hacking just ain\u2019t right.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mother nature is smacking you around.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe, you should live underground.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They say you should take a sea cruise.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But, with sea sickness, you\u2019ll still lose.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Try a dry climate, like desert living.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Remember, a sunburn is unforgiving.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Just hang in there and tough it out.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sooner or later, you\u2019ll be done with this bout.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then, maybe, you can breathe again.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Until then, good sneeze there, my friend.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

———————————————–R. W. Johnson—–(2015)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Allergies It is allergy time again. There\u2019s\u00a0 yuck dripping from your chin. You cough, hack, and pee your pants. Get choked up, like in a trance. Your eyes will water and burn. You look like you swallowed a worm. Your nose will run. You\u2019re not having fun. The ground is parched from too much … Continue reading Allergies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-factual","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1271,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}