Ugh - I seem to have an itchy chin. <br />Oh my god - what's on my skin? <br />A blemish - wasn't there the other day - <br />That's it, I'm dead - I'm off to pray! <br /> <br />It's got to be a melanoma - <br />Even worse, an adenoma! <br />I'm gonna fall into a coma, <br />While wasted by a carcinoma! <br /> <br />I'll get my mirror and my book <br />So I can take a closer look. <br />Oh - what's that spot inside my ear? <br />Now what the heck's that doing there? <br /> <br />I never saw it yesterday - <br />And now I think I'm turning grey! <br />Must be from these horrid shocks - <br />That spot could be the bloody pox! <br /> <br />Or even worse - bubonic plague! <br />No wonder I'm a little vague. <br />But then again, I'm rather shaken. <br />I'll check my book - could be mistaken. <br /> <br />Oops, I've made the book slam shut. <br />Oh my god - a paper cut! <br />I'll bleed to death - I know I shall! <br />Well that's my lot; it's so-long pal. <br /> <br />That cut could get a vile infection - <br />So then I'll need a big injection: <br />A mighty dose of methicillin. <br />But I could have that little villain: <br /> <br />You know the one - mrsa, <br />Which means my blood will just decay, <br />Despite the drugs they'll pump me with - <br />So there you are - and now forthwith <br /> <br />I'll slip into a painful death, <br />Struggling for my final breath! <br />Best wash my face before I go - <br />I should look clean from head to toe. <br /> <br />Hey - the blotches on my face and ear - <br />They've disappeared - my skin is clear! <br />Of course - yesterday I stained my fence. <br />That's all it was - I have no sense! <br /> <br />Silly me, a little splash… <br />Oh my god - is that a rash? <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright © Mark R Slaughter 2009<br /><br />Mark R Slaughter<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hypochondriac-7/
