Have you heard about shingles--the sharp pain that mingles

With terrible itching and hurt?

Well, to help with the stingles, our front doorbell jingles;

In doubles, not singles, our good neighbors bring

us dessert.

Well, I have had this pesky ailment for nearly a week now, but the medicine is beginning to take effect and it appears that survival is quite likely. Shingles is a carry-over from chickenpox. The virus hides out in the body for years (in my case, 75 years) and then bursts forth with a vengeance. An angry array of painful bumps and blisters, usually on only one half of the mid-section, appears. Now I'm looking forward to their disappearing. (The literature indicates that it will take four to five weeks)