the hiccup
by L. Stewart Marsden
Doesn’t come along too often.
Gets everyone’s attention.
And everyone wants it fixed.
To go away.
Has a solution.
Some, scary.
Some very superstitious.
Most, ineffective.
Time being, mostly,
the best healer.
The best healer being,
mostly — time.
Hiccup!
‘Scuse me!
Let a spoonful of sugar dissolve on your tongue and swallow…works for me.
Next hiccup I’ll try that!