JOHNMICHAEL SIMON POETRY

We don’t have hives or diabetes

nasty bugs and fleas that eat us

 

We don’t have piles or carcinoma

athletes foot or papilloma

 

We don’t have false teeth or pacemakers

don’t care much for undertakers

 

No tonsillitis, hepatitis, parasites

and mites that bite us, we’re really quite

 

The fittest blighters, keep off animal

fats and sugars, never fraternize with hookers

 

Go to gym and work out daily

take cold showers singing gaily

 

So we find it most surprising

that our temperatures are rising

 

We heeded all the doctors’ warnings

but still get feverish most mornings

 

Alas despite avoiding dangers

we’re victims of those climate changes