Homeopathic sugar balls for Christmas!

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Pain might rob your Christmas cheer -
And drag you through depressing muck -
But don't you worry, and don't you fear -
For you, my friend are in grand old luck -

Ho! There lies a simple remedy -
The balls of ho-me-o-pathy.

23 Dec 2023 English Germany Science · Technology

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