Alphabet of Aging

A is for arthritis,
B is for bad back,
C is for the chest pains. Corned beef? Cardiac?
D is for dental decay and decline,
E is for eyesight... can't read that top line.
F is for fissures and fluid retention,
G is for gas (which I'd rather not mention),
H is high blood pressure,
I is for itches, and lots of incisions,
J is for joints, that now fail to flex,
L is for libido... what happened to sex? Wait! I forgot about K!
K is for my knees that crack all the time, but forgive me, I get a few lapses in my...
M is for memory (from time to time).
N is for nerve (pinched) and neck (stiff) and neurosis,
O is for osteo... for all the bones that crack.
P is for prescriptions, that cost a small fortune,
Q is for queasiness. Fatal or just the flu? Give me another pill and I'll be good as new!
R is for reflux... one meal turns into two,
S is for sleepless nights... counting my fears, on how to pay my increasing medical bills!
T is for tinnitus... I hear bells in my ears and the word "terminal" also rings too near!
U is for urinary and the difficulties that flow (or not),
V is for vertigo, as life spins by,
W is worry, for pains yet found,
X is for X ray... and what one might find,
Y is for year (another one I'm still alive),
Z is for zest, for surviving the symptoms my body's deployed,
And keeping twenty-six doctors gainfully employed!

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