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Ill

(8 stories)

A cough
Hot and cold
Another illness takes hold
A jolt of pain is fired
With each step
I'm sick and tired
Of being sick and tired
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The ill wind swept through the rafters, rattling the tiles like snakes' scales.Then came the rain; torrential, devastating.He wept.#130story

Ill” by mortelover, 9 Oct 17

An ill wind brought them here
An ill wind that took them away
An untouched tribe of the Forests
Would have lived another day.
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A sober man's boss knows his Monday morning headache is more likely a genuine illness symptom not a self induced hangover. #130story

The omens may be ill, Helen, but you are not. Rehang the picture, get the shoes off the table, right the horseshoe and go to work. #130story

Fred doesn't feel ill at all. The symptoms are a body purge. Few doses of Loperamide Hydrochloride and he will soon be sorted #130story

It was an ill conceived plan that allowed a racist, homophobic, sexist, multibankrupt buffoon to be president of the USA #130story

Free of chained beds
Free of the meds
We care for each other now
Love and calm unbeknown
Sick doctors sent packing
Ills long gone.
#130story

Ill” by JauntyFish, 9 Oct 17