ABC's of Aging

A is for arthritis,


B is for bad back,


C is for the chest pains. Corned Beef? Cardiac?


D is for dental decay and decline,

E is for eyesight - can't read that top line.


F is for fissures and fluid retention


G is for gas (which I'd rather not mention


and not to forget other gastrointestinal glitches)


H is high blood pressure


I is for itches, and lots of incisions


J is for joints, that now fail to flex


L is for libido - what happened to sex?


Wait! I forgot about K!


K is for my knees that crack all the time


(But forgive me, I get a few lapses in my


M-memory from time to time)


N is for nerve (pinched) and neck (stiff) and neurosis


O is for osteo-for all the bones that crack


P is for prescriptions, that cost a small fortune


Q is for queasiness. Fatal or just the flu?


Give me another pill and I'll be good as new!


R is for reflux - one meal turns into two


S is for sleepless nights,


counting fears on how to pay my medical bills!


T is for tinnitus - I hear bells in my ears


and the word "terminal" also rings too near


U is for urinary and the difficulties that flow (or not)


V is for vertigo, as life spins by


W is worry, for pains yet unfound


X is for X ray - and what one might find


Y is for year (another one I'm still alive).


Z is for zest


For surviving the symptoms my body's deployed,


And keeping twenty-six doctors gainfully employed.