An herbal remedy might make you well,
But maybe not. But what the hell!
Whatever meds you might require
Might either lift or drop the fire
That rages inside human breasts
Of all of us (I hear protests!
Do you object to such a word?
Well all of us have breasts, I’ve heard.)
Sour medicines can prompt a sound
Quite unlike humans’; get around
This problem with the help of sweets:
If you have candy, it defeats
The bitterest of medicines’
Obnoxious flavours—tasteless sins!
Advice original? Not from me!
It’s Mary Poppins’s, you see.
But anyhow, a problem prickly
Has just been solved with th’help of Ricolae.

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