Written by Sab. O Abu Hanifah on facebook.
THE ABC's OF THE AGEING & SICKNING YOUTH''
A is for Arthritis,
the goodbye to Athletics.
B is for Backeria,
Sometimes caught in a Cafeteria.
C is for Chest-Pains, Corned Beef or Cardiac
Strains?
D is for Dental decay,
Romove the Teeth, avoid Mental Display.
E is for Eyesight,
can't read the top line, you're loosing your
Foresight.
F is for fissures and fluid Retention,
Like the seisure or food Congestion.
G is for Gas (which I'd rather not mention--
and not to forget other gastrointestinal
Glitches),
Sometimes your throat mirror like a Glas.
H is high blood Pressure,
this time, no more Pleasure.
I is for itches, and lots of Incisions,
You keep scratching without Precision.
J is for joints, that now fail to Flex,
hmmmn, a little pain, multiple Vex.
L is for Libido--(what happened to sex?)
you are like the weak Ronaldo.
Wait! I forgot about K!
K is for the knees that cracks from Time to
Time,
a sound way to know you've past your Prime.
M; isn't it for Malaria?
. . .it's everywhere, including Australia!
N is for Nerve (pinched) and neck (stiff) and
Neurosis,
you have little to look at the new Oasis.
O is for osteo-for all the bones that Cracks,
Now you're like the burnt power-packs.
P is for prescriptions, that cost a small
Fortune,
the small fortune is an obvious misFortune.
Q is for Queasiness. Fatal or just the Flu?
Now you know the root of your Dizziness.
Hmmmmmn . . .
R is for Reflex--one meal turns into Two,
sure, you've lost the real-Flex.
S is for Sleepless-Nights,
counting fears on endless Frights!
T is for Tinnitus--you hear bells in your Ears,
and the word 'terminal' also rings too Near.
U is for Urinary and its difficulties that Flows,
You keep praying the pain Slows.
V is for Vertigo, as life spins-by,
now you begin to ask why?
W is Worry,
As people keep telling you Sorry.
X is for X-ray,
to know if your health has-Strayed!!!
Y is for Yellow Fever,
your eyes turn a sikning Silver,
Z is for Zest,
for surviving remains your real Quest!!!
Dear ageing YOUTH,
Make use of your health before the arrival of
ill-health, utilize your youthfulness before Old
age bringforth your last Debt; I mean before
you give up your last Breath.