Nits are going around the school
Grand-child hot-headed, now is cool
Parents invested in nit combs
They did not want nits in their homes
Nit comb from bent twigs, about 2700 B C E.Wikipedia.
I asked family round for tea
But now hear they're more sick than me
So it's a case of wait and see
And hope they don't see two, or three
I phoned and heard they used a gel
And for the moment all is well
They'll repeat in a week or two
So nothing's passed to me and you.
When you're widowed you cry a bit
And seek consolation in verse
And think you've faced fate's hardest knocks
There cannot be anything worse
But toothache strikes, and then the flu
Things can get worse, I know it's true
The only thing that I can say
It's good when small things go away
I know I can't bring back the dead
All I ask is a little plus
Get rid of tootheache, and the nits
And vomiting nonovirus
When loved ones are no longer near
I pray aloud for fate to hear
When struck down by an urgent task
Just cure these ills - that's all I ask.
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