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I WON’T BE IN TODAY (a poem about absence)

I used to tell My students “the best way to call in sick” is to mention the word Diarrhea “no one will ask you,” I told them “what color, what size, what pain” it’s not like a headache I need to call In today But how can I tell them it’s for a poem.

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Published: Nov 6, 2012
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