Best Strep Poems

Measles, mumps and chicken pox,
Insidious diseases,
Were all a part of childhood,
Paired with earaches, strep and sneezes.

But that was many years ago
And scientists have found
The vaccinations...

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The bills are overdue,
 
     And the cupboards are bare.

Junior is in need of a new pair of shoes

  ...

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There are drunks in the parking lot of the mall.
They keep singing about bottles of beer in the wall.
No longer am I able to stand...

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I still feel under the weather today April 2nd, 2023

Unseen enemy invades my body 
with platoon of green berets air
rating, and enfilading immune system viz...

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(not that ye wondered, 
but simply tubby like totally tubularly clear
The Epic of Gilgamesh will not be extolled here).

Though thoroughly well mapped, parsed,
  ...

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I walked the shape of a square
Inside of a circle.
I brought shrimp to a lobster fest.
This morning I woke up
With someone else's nose.
My niece is...

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Deft "star student" and beloved dynamic daughter upon her twenty fourth birthday

I suppose... see:)?

twas approximately early/mid March
nineteen ninety six begat your fate
obstetrics and gynecology specialist(s)
signalled...

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Halibats are the worst of the worst, for they steal purses, 
and they wear your lipstick.
But they are sneaky about it, so you put it...

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My brother won the lottery;
my sister Sue, a five-day cruise.
My parents won a huge TV.
Me? I’m no loser with the blues.
I won a prize on...

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"FAKE" assertions unstoppably
bandied with beef,
(sans doughty deeds done dirt cheap)
courtesy of commander in chief
trumpeted as a way to backout,

embarrassment analogous to the thief
of Baghdad, when...

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It's 4:07 a.m.
This week I have had a virus, two asthma episodes, a biopsy, and I have traveled over 600 miles to see 6 grandchildren...

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I loathe feeling under the weather...,

especially when nasty elephant 
(named Thomas the pachyderm)
stomping to break loose courtesy tether,
where antibodies of mine 
struggle to band together
loosely...

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I am no doctor but I think when someone comes in
who has had strep throat 13, 728 times, you might
want to do a test.

I am...

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Unexpected sickness;
Kids were home from school.
Took them to the doctor;
That’s the current rule.

Crayons in the waiting room;
Coloring and calm.
Cartoons in the background
Acting like a toddler...

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Z is an entertainment committee of one.
Party does not get started until she arrives.
Rest of us tell stories about Z.
Filling up the restaurant with laughter.
We...

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