Parody of the poem Sick with apologies to Shel Silverstein

Not so sick Little Peggy Ann McKay

(Illustration for my parody poem below)

When I was 13 my parents gave the Shel Silverstein book Where The Sidewalk Ends.  It is one of my favorite books.  In fact, I have half of the poems memorized.  I even got a part in a High School play by reciting one of the poems.  

I wrote this parody this morning in response to the COVID 19 Novel Carona Virus pandemic. It came to me that one day,  when school is back in session everywhere, lots of kids will be very happy to be back at school.  I think that maybe it will be true even for kids that formerly did not like school.  So I wrote this parody.  Then I drew the above illustration to go with the poem.  The printable version of the illustration is found by clicking on . . . .All Printables . . . . or . . . . Fantasy, Myths, and Circus.  Scroll to the bottom of the lists to get to this new drawing.  New drawings are always at the bottom of the list.  

With Apologies to Shel Silversrtein

Someday in the Future…

A parody of Sick

By Robin Lyman

I WANT to go to school today

Said little Peggy Ann McKay

Even IF I had the measles and the mumps

or a gash and rash and purple bumps

If my mouth was wet when my throat was dry

If I was going blind in my right eye

Even if my tonsils were as big as rocks

And I’d counted 16 chickenpox

If my leg were cut, and my eyes went blue

Even if I had instamatic flu

If I coughed and sneeze and gasped and choke

Even if my left leg were broke

If my hip hurt when I moved my chin

And my belly button was caving in

If my back was wrenched and my ankle sprained

Even if my ‘pendix pained each time it rained

If my nose were cold and my toes were numb

Even if I had a sliver in my thumb

If my neck were stiff and my voice was weak

If I hardly whispered when I speak

If my tongue was filling up my mouth

Even if all my hair were falling out

If my elbow were bent and my spine wasn’t straight

If my temperature was one-O-eight

If my brain were shrunk and I could not hear

If there was a hole inside my ear

Even if I had a hangnail and my heart was…

What? What’s that you say?

You say the quarantine ended today

I’m going to say something I thought I’d never say

I’m EXCITED to go to school today!