Fill in the Blanks POEMSOnline version Complete with the word than rhym with the poem. by LUZKELLY CALLE 1 rains eye out bumps play broke speak flu more in Sick By Shel Silverstein " I cannot go to school today , " Said little Peggy Ann McKay . " I have the measles and the mumps , A gash , a rash and purple . My mouth is wet , my throat is dry , I'm going blind in my right . My tonsils are as big as rocks , I've counted sixteen chicken pox And there's one - - that's seventeen , And don't you think my face looks green ? My leg is cut - - my eyes are blue - - It might be instamatic . I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke , I'm sure that my left leg is - - My hip hurts when I move my chin , My belly button's caving , My back is wrenched , my ankle's sprained , My ? pendix pains each time it . My nose is cold , my toes are numb . I have a sliver in my thumb . My neck is stiff , my voice is weak , I hardly whisper when I . My tongue is filling up my mouth , I think my hair is falling . My elbow's bent , my spine ain't straight , My temperature is one - o - eight . My brain is shrunk , I cannot hear , There is a hole inside my ear . I have a hangnail , and my heart is - - what ? What's that ? What's that you say ? You say today is . . . Saturday ? G'bye , I'm going out to ! Source : https : / / www . familyfriendpoems . com / poem / sick - by - shel - silverstei n