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5 in As Many Years - Bruce V. Bracken's All-Purpose Poetry Thing

So, what kinds of Pneumonia did you get, Mr. L?
Why, I've had 5 in as many years!
5 kinds? What were they, Mr. L?
Why, I've had the New Pneumonia
Pneumonia Classic, Diet Pneumonia
Ceffeine-Free Pneumonia and Cherry Pneumonia!
5 kinds of Pneumonia in as many years!

Wow! Did you get it with ice, Mr. L?
Well, you know I've always preferred
My Pneumonia without any ice at all
Though I sure wouldn't have minded that at all
If it was given by Elizabeth Peña!

So, what kinds of Foot did you get, Mr. L?
Why, I've had 5 kinds of Foot in as many years!
Reall, Mr. L? What kinds of Foot?
Why, I've had Big Foot, Pussy Foot, Gordon Light Foot
And Get on the Good Foot, Parts I & II!
5 kinds of Foot in as many years!

Really? And did you put them in ice, Mr. L?
Well, as you know, I don't much care for ice
Especially after waiting at that new airport in Denver
When Mr. Peña offered me some, when I'd been standing
Waiting 2 hours for my Valu-Jet plane, 'cause Mr. Peña
Was flipping a quarter to decide if it was safe enough
Or how much of a bribe to extort from them, and he got a pan
And I let him put my feet in the ice, but then his hand
Moved up to my knee, and I had to tell him
Bye-bye, Mr. Peña, bye-bye!!

© 1998, 1999 Bruce V. Bracken