Sunday, August 27, 2023

Feel better

Old Fashioned Feel Better in a Can



There's not much that's special about
Campbell's chicken noodle soup.
Okay... Nothing. 
Not the broth... Of which there is plenty. 
Not the noodles... plain, plain, plain.
Not the chicken... That almost didn't exist. 

So why does it make you feel better? 
I only eat it when I'm sick...
Sore throat sick.
That's today! 
There's just something that goes beyond the actual
product in the can... It's a feeling. 
That feeling from when you were a kid...
and your mom gave you 
Campbell's chicken noodle soup...
And you knew everything was going to be better. 

It's it magical or psychological?
It doesn't really matter. 
It's makes you feel better. 
at least for a little while.  

I keep a couple cans in the pantry
Next to the Nyquil and the other
Dozen or so cold remedies. 
Just for when I get sore throat sick. 

I hate sinus infections.

I feel a little better already.
Pass the Nyquil please...
and the cough drops
the Mucinex
the nose spray 
 Tessalon caplets
the antibiotics 
the prednisone
and the tussenex  with codeine
KABOOM!

and let's not forget the occasional
sip of Clausen kosher pickle juice
( for the sore throat )

I wonder why my Bp is slightly elevated. 

So.... if I'm not really better...
I either won't know it...
or won't care.

Time for a nap.   
Later...