Benadryl Poems | Examples

morning tale of woe

medication makes me sleepy
I have been congested for three weeks
Mucinex, Vicks and Benadryl have put me down for many naps.
Some days I have taken up to three of them.
This morning, I agreed to go to the bank at ten.
I woke up at 7:13 and decided to nap at 8:08.
At 9:47 my husband yelled “I AM GOING TO THE BANK!’
in one of those anger-aggressive ways.

He woke the dog and me both up.
I got dressed in three minutes.
I do not have to look prissy or even good to go to a bank.
At the bank the lady asked if I had my cell phone.
I told her there was not time.
My husband hustled me out of the house so fast.
Weird that she asked me about a phone anyway.

No one at the bank has ever asked me if I had my cell phone.
They were lucky I grabbed my identification at the last second.
My husband will probably tell me why when he gets to the car.
I am sitting here, writing up my tale of woe.

Mission to Mars

The rocket launch recliner
propels her to the moon;
with Ativan for fuel,
she’ll be to Saturn soon.
When shortly she returns,
both feet upon the land,
and Benadryl departs,
I hope the trip was grand!

Backup Plan

Travel day is what’s on tap
Two-year-old is in my lap
Doesn't seem that far to go
Just six inches on the map

Flying tantrums, status quo?
Not for parents in the know
Benadryl - voila! a nap
This ain’t my first rodeo…

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(no children or grandchildren were drugged in the making of this poem :-)

Little Pink Pill

Little pink pill, little pink pill
How I love you so
Wherever I go, if my mind wanders too far
You're there for me, waiting patiently
Little pink pill, oh, little pink pill
Take my anxiousness and fear away...

The Big Sneeze

We have a dog, and Snickers is his name.
Like the candy bar, his color is the same.

Our dog by now is six or maybe seven.
Living with him isn’t always heaven.

But as he gets older, he’s mellowed out,
Now he has a problem coming from his snout!

He recently developed quite the sneeze.
Along with it is something like a wheeze.

Our grandkids started worrying because
nobody knew that sound or what it was.

Was it a cough? We really could not tell.
He’d shake with it and did not sound too well.

The vet called it a sneeze – but in reverse!
We’re thankful that it wasn’t something worse.

We have to hide inside his food a pill
humans take for allergies – Benadryl!

Although the easy cure surprised me, I
was most surprised the vet bill was not high!

Aug. 1, 2021
For 'A Brian Strand RHYME ME' Poetry Contest

Pink Polka Dotted Kewpie Doll

I try to paint
with a shock I realize it is giving me no thrill
No joy; for the first time in six years
I return to the middle bedroom 
darkest, gloomiest room in the house
turn on my electric blanket and go to sleep

wake up wondering if it is morning or night? Does it matter?
I am on strong meds; they keep me loopy.
Benadryl is a killer, keeping me sleepy, in perpetual lah-lah land.
Pink dots are parading up and down my arms and legs
I am scratching my torso until she bleeds

I look like a pink polka dotted Kewpie doll.
An angry pink polka dotted Kewpie doll
Thanks to yesterday’s prescription which I was allergic to.
Being sick is infuriating.
I am enraged.
Angry that it is me.

Why I Bring Home Sticklefarts

I was scratched and scraped to smithereens, 
But luckily had collected enough sticklefarts 
to bake a pie, and make some tasty tartlsnidds with greens. 
We have some cracklwhif, mom suggested with cozy hearts.

I ate a tiddlewad of hamburgers and some snackpoots to get ready
For the dessert hot out of the oven, and man was it ever fine!
My limperfitch said “Good job little humperwhip,” instead of Freddy.
A marvelous asswarpletrip from this man who always towed the line.

Can you boodenphasrhump yourself up enough to help me in the kitchen?
Asked my crabblicious sister who is always got some hives that are itch’n.
She cannot resist sticklefarts, and was glad to see her scarf down a pie.
Soon she had blotches all over her face, even over each one of her eyes.

“You know better!” Limerfitch said to her. “Get the Benadryl and go to bed.”
I had a chance to beat him at Sticklefingke and I smirked in my head.
Part of me gets scratched up and soiled just to see my sister get sent away.
Because it is more fun to win a game than lose every single time you play.

Benadryl Chill

Weak at will
you understand the drill
pop that pill
Benadryl chill
time to heal
a trip for real
now I can't feel
Benadryl chill
don't overly thrill
intake what they till
don't break the seal
Benadryl chill
don't rob or steal
if you are ill
just ask Jill
Benadryl chill
now calm and still
I don't need a steel
stash on my window sill
now I Benadryl chill

Benadryl Is the Only One I Know

Take two and a half peach, one blue round three elongated white.
My eyes are blurry; I cannot see any longer. My right hand is asleep.
Now my left hand is asleep.
I climb back into bed 
Wait. This is only part of the morning dose?
The only one I know for sure is Benadryl.
It is bright pink.
Taking pills upon pills.
I smell medicine when I take a whiff of myself.
Fitfully wondering ….would I be well if I stopped
taking all of this stuff cold turkey?
Dare I?
I believe I do.

A Night Untitled

3 Benadryl
My body is damaged, depleted and drawn tight around my bones
Skin that shivers through the sweat 
A heart never to be trusted.

How many of these edge-balanced days are left?
Give me 1,000. And fill heaven with the stars of night.

In the silence, I hear my skin cells living and dying. Being birthed again. 
And all these miles of nerve fibers. Laid out like twigs. Drenched in kerosene. 

Yes. I'm on fire.

When Is Enough Enough

Teetering on the edge of the cliff
Tipping the scale in my favor
Looking down, my stomach twists
All food has lost its flavor.
My broken spirit drowns in the abyss
This number is my identity
My self-esteem, a sliding scale
This number is the enemy.

That growling pain will go away-just need to sleep it off
Choking down the Benadryl
As I gag and start to cough
I think I might be ill...

"Sticks and stones"- they hold no weight
And yet my heart still breaks
But body shapes aren't all figure eights-
We're all different widths and lengths!

I block out their words, my head in the sand
As it sifts through the hourglass
Time to return to the daily impasse.
A haze of tears and confusion lifts
As I step on the scale
I hold my breath.
When is enough enough?

Spring

Are those little birds I see now
soaring in the skies above me?
Itchy, weepy, bloodshot eyeballs
strain to see spring's scenes so lovely.

Fragrances of March and April, 
gifts sweet springtime now delivers,
permeate my faucet nostrils,
turning streams to raging rivers.

Benadryl is coursing through me,
bringing respite from the season,
rendering me semi-conscious,
itching not, but lacking reason.

Hours from now when I am lucid--
no more groggy, med-head feeling--
symptoms will return with vengeance,
Sneezing fits will set me reeling.


March 22, 2017

Determination

Suffering from a disease called determination 
It plagues my mind like a raging parasite
Feeding off of my will and my drive.
Inside me is where it tries to hide.
Making my heart beat to the sound of greatness 
Giving me confidence as motivation rushes through my vein like Benadryl. I get a sense of urgency as if my hour glass was down to the last seconds.
No Fear!!! No Fear is all I hear whispering in my ear.
Determined to win
I can't hear the sounds of a cheer. 
I'm zoned in
Focused on the task at hand.
Finish the fight?
In my mind "hell I know I can"
This road is for me 
And me alone 
Everybody journey ends 
By a name written in stone.

Poet: Soul Of A. Man

Asphyxiation

3:10 am 

The benadryl has long since worn off

No sleep, again...

Weird stuff happens to me in the early morning
I see things
Things I shouldn't 

Like your face

3:14 am

I need nicotine

3:20 am

Cigarettes don't help..
Because no matter how much smoke I blow in your face
You find just enough breath 
To choke me

Fml

"Authority problem and rules violation
Driver’s license suspended
At work on probation
In and out of trouble
Decisions and choices”-
I must’ve spaced out, I’m hearing voices,
I’m losing my mind, I’m trapped in abyss…
Few shots, benadryl, seroquel – I’m at peace

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