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    HYDRATION

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    ​“A man of wisdom delights in water,”
    “The first and foremost medicine,”
    Attending the words of famous Confucius;
    Bestowing a proverb for reason.

    But even a dullard will cheer this liquid,
    Lighthearted with sauce so simple.
    No body is free of the magic and mystery
    Of water that renders it nimble.

    For water is coolant, cleanser, nutrient,
    And true component and medium.
    Hydration in humans is not indulgence--
    Just think of your local geranium.

    Take pleasure in drinking pure water when able,
    And relish the brilliance of nature,
    Which offers this vision of life ever-flowing
    In substance with physical feature.


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    FEED A COLD…

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    To feed a cold and starve a fever
    Was once a healing hack;
    The fact that some would oft recover
    Obscured the faulty tack.

    Per ancient logic so mistaken,
    Ills came from hot or cold.
    So highs of “temp” disease awakened,
    And lows led life to fold.

    With fever's source an inner furnace,
    Required was cooling aid.
    All colds arose from chilly illness
    And food for heat entailed.

    But now we know the role of calories
    Is not for warmth alone;
    Intrepid defenders, cell repairers
    Take energy while we groan.

    Though appetite with ill may vary,
    One's nutrient needs remain;
    For flu and colds, an equal worry
    Is fluid to regain.

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    THE GREATEST WEalth

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    The greatest wealth is health,
    Saith Virgil, versing Rome
    Of riches loosely held
    In every humble home.

    Today, the truth is same
    For people high and low;
    Regardless name or fame,
    Their health is priceless so.

    To cherish nature's gift,
    Self nourish, exercise.
    To wellness make your shift,
    Before away it flies.

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    THE FASTER YOU RUN

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    “The faster you run, the sooner you’re done…”
    For some a prompting, for others a brake.
    If traveling is better and getting there worse,
    Then time is your taxi, the one that you'll take.

    “The brisker your clip, the quicker your trip…”
    A toppling awaiteth despite what you think.
    Attend to the path, now swift with its bumps,
    A challenge to passage for those who would blink.

    “The more the medicine, the merrier the mode…”
    Like else we've seen, not straight and true.
    Too much a good thing a bad thing becomes,
    Affecting adversely with dosage askew.

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    AS FIT AS A FIDDLE

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    “As fit as a fiddle” is bit of a riddle,
    This state we trippingly tout;
    Violins in gyms are hardly seen;
    So, what's this all about?

    Though shapely, poised, and sweetly toned,
    They never join a dance.
    Athletic gigs they'll not explore,
    Except to look askance.

    ‘Twas accident, that healthy fame;
    No fault or shame, no blame.
    So “fit for purpose” fiddle was,
    Example it became.

    Its suitability thus admired
    Did not from “hearty” spring;
    But now acclaimed, in every mind
    A fiddle's a lively thing.

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    INDEFINITE pronouns

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    ​Indefinite pronoun, in definite demand,
    A stand-in for noun, a proxy in mask;
    Too shy and plain to claim the name
    Of person/thing behind its task.

    “All,” “anyone,” “anybody,” “both,” and “each,”
    Like “no one,” “many,” “nobody,” and “none”;
    “Enough,” “somebody,” “someone,” “something,”
    And “any,” or “either,” or “neither,” and “most.”

    Along with “several” and “some” and “few”
    Are “anything,” “much,” and ”nothing,” too;
    With “everything,” “everybody,” “everyone,” true,
    Indefinite pronouns shape the milieu.

    They serve as plural, singular, both…
    These shadowy aids of nouns in deed;
    Not even the variable type will gloat,
    Subdued instead like “none” when teed.