Dew Drop In April 2024 Poems

April 17—Prove something -God’s Demented Sense of Humor

April 17—Prove Something -God’s Demented Sense of Humor

I sometimes think
That God if he/she/it exists
And created the Universe
Must have a demented
Sense of humor.

For how else you can explain
Why he created a parasite
That hides in your system
Totally inert but if you take
Steroids for any reason.

Blows up like a basketball
Bursting out and killing you,
In thirty minutes.

Leaving the doctors
Wondering WTF
Just happened.

Recording your death
As a medical mystery.

As very few doctors
Have ever encountered
Or heard about
This weird parasite.
Based on a true story. Back in the day, I contracted this parasite in Thailand. A few years later, I was in the hospital battling an MRD staph infection and underwent 14 operations. Almost lost my life and my leg. The internal medicine doctor said that there was something else going on and finally told me I had this weird parasite that is inert, but I should take some medicine to kill it because if I ever took steroids it would blow up to the size of a Basketball and kill me in 30 minutes. I always said Thank God for that doctor. Nine months later, I developed a frozen shoulder because of excessive antibiotic use and had a steroid shot. If that internal medicine doctor had not found the parasite, I would die a medical mystery.

You can find these and other of my April Poems on my blog page at the following links
April 1 to 6 poems https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2P4
April 7 to 14 poems https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2Qh
https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2QB April 15 -20 Poems