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THE NEW ALPHABET by Judith ViorstA is for arthritis.
B is for bad back.
C is for chest pains. Corned beef? Cardiac?
D is for dental decay and decline.
E is for eyesight cant read that top line.
F is for fissures and fluid retention.
G is for gas (which I'd rather not mention)
And other such gastrointestinal glitches.
H is high blood pressure.
I is for itches.
J is for joints that are failing to flex.
L is for libido whats happened to sex?
Wait! I forgot about K for bad knee.
(I've got a few gaps in my M memory.)
N is for nerve (pinched) and neck (stiff) and neurosis.
O is for osteo .
P is for porosis.
Q is for queasiness. Fatal? Just flu?
R is for reflux one meal becomes two.
S is for sleepless nights counting my fears.
T is for tinnitus bells in my ears.
U is for difficulties urinary.
V is for vertigo.
W is worry About what the
X as in X ray will find.
But though the word terminal rushes to mind, I'm proud, as each
Year goes by, to reveal a reservoir of undiminished
Z eal