Juliet Ligon Poet Couplet

Snow Globe Refreshment

Presenting to the emergency room, patient "BB,"
a dad who swallowed a snow globe carelessly.

Out of ALC, voices crying, "YOLO,"
PO, he took a big gulp of fantasy snow.

NAGI, his stomach churned immediately.
He could hear little elves dancing with a BEG.

Brought to the ER unconscious with HBP,
HAGMA, and tachypnea, unfortunately.

A CT scan revealed a kidney infection.
MDs dispensed an antibiotic injection.

Dialysis was administered, but he was still KO.
His kidney's were decorated in crystals of "snow."

Ten WKs later he could walk again (to the bar),
but will likely need dialysis 4EVR.

You are what you eat, (BB made a recovery)
but don't be a snowflake, the moral of the story.

(Watch the attached video for the full story.)


ALC- alcohol
YOLO- you only live once
PO- by mouth
NAGI- not a good idea
BEG- big evil grin
ER- emergency room
HBP- high blood pressure
HAGMA- high anion gap metabolic acidosis 
CT- computerized tomography
MD- medical doctors
KO- knocked out
WK- week
4EVER- forever

3-21-2021
ACRONYMS IN COUPLETS Poetry Contest
Sponsor: L MILTON HANKINS

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Sara Kendrick March 29, 2021 at 4:03 PM You've done really well with this contest entry. Reads like a good contender to me. Mine is different and I am not sure it is what he was expecting. Yours is more like what he wrote. Your presence at my page was serendipitous. Sara Juliet Ligon March 29, 2021 at 6:09 PM Thanks, Sara. I appreciate your visit. Where I messed up was that I wove the acronyms throughout instead of putting them on the ending and I don't have one for every line.

Michelle Faulkner March 21, 2021 at 4:32 PM I'm glad you explained them, I didn't get them all - very clever, (not sure I can do this one) BWFTC - best wishes for the contest :) Juliet Ligon March 21, 2021 at 4:40 PM Thank Michelle. I went back to read the contest requirements and realized I didn't do it right. I was supposed to do the acronyms at the end of each line. Oh, well, this was fun to write, but I'm not redoing it.