Dry Throat (A Poem)
By Steve West
@zebra2222 (5269)
United States
December 22, 2015 9:59pm CST
Drink a little here.
Drink a little there.
Dry throat,
Dry throat,
Parch throat
Everywhere.
Perhaps it's the dry heat
That goes into the air.
All that I know
Is my throat's in despair.
Dry throat,
Billy goat,
Makes me feel sad.
Dry throat,
Get on the boat,
When it gone,
I'll be so glad.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
23 Dec 15
So dry you're spitting feathers? Time off usually means your body gives in and succumbs to the dreaded lurgy for a few days, guaranteed. Some Christmas Spirit will help lessen the symptoms, enough of it will make it so you hardly care 
For a definition of "lurgy", ref below:
For a definition of "lurgy", ref below:
