Jennifer Brea had encephalomyelitis
She was examined by the best and brightest
She was told that anxiety was the cause
These kinds of mistake should give us pause.
Heide Ferrer got tremors and vibrations
Told it was depression, imagine her frustrations.
She took her own life, long covid is now supposed
Another disease dismissed, not diagnosed.
Alison McCabe was in severe pain
She was told it was the flu, so why complain
But it was the side effect of iron infusion
It was the doctor, not her, who had the delusion
There are other cases, if you search you will find
There's a catch all basin of "all in your mind"
some patients even accused of seeking attention.
If docs don't know, maybe best course is abstention.
The process of elimination can be a dead end
If you assume its mental, patient may not mend.
But don't make the mind the dumping ground
For every mystery not yet found.
The lights fade
Followed by a flicker
Ever so slightly
I slip out to evade
In the beginning
Alles muss gebrochen werden
In the beginning
All must be broken
Switch tongues on a dime
Ich bin ein Heide
Ein Heide
But what do you know?
The lights buzzed out
And I'm filled with doubt
A coward's prose
Es geht mir gut
But a blending failure
And styles clash
I'm not phenomenal
I'm simply ordinary
In the beginning
Alles muss gebrochen werden
In the beginning
All must be broken
I slip out to evade
Ever so slightly
Followed by a flicker
The lights fade
You are correct, it's true, fish no longer have fingers...between Mrs Paul's, and
me eatting them all up...now fish need artificial limbs...
Heidie, my dear....
Your "cockles" are,
in fact near...
Your "druthers"
Where they just may be,
Grey's Anatomy you
must see...
You bet!
My Heidie poet friend....
A winning streak, I'm on,
Hot as a $2 pistol...
Sun's rising,
It's dawn....
You join the community,
Of endless talent and love,
A charmed life I'm living,
Experiencing all this warm giving....
So thank you, dear Heide,
Trust I do love you too,
Now it's time for 'ol Tom...
To get back in that Old Lady's shoe!
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