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A is for Apple and B is for Boat,<
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That used to be right, but now it won't float!<
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Age before Beauty is what we once said,<
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But let's be a bit more realistic instead.<
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Now A's for arthritis;<
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B's the bad back.<
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C is the chest pains, perhaps car-d-iac?<
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D is for dental decay and decline,<
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E is for eyesight, can't read that top line!!<
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F is for fissures and fluid retention,<
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G is for gas which I'd rather not mention.<
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H is high blood pressure--I'd rather it low;<
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I for incisions with scars you can show.<
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J is for joints, out of socket, won't mend,<
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K is for knees that crack when they bend.<
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L for libido, what happened to sex?<
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M is for memory, I forget ! what comes next.<
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N is neuralgia, in nerves way down low;<
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O is for osteo, the bones that don't grow!<
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P for prescription's, I have quite a few, just<
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give me a pill and I'll be good as new!<
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Q is for queasy, is it fatal or flu?<
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R for reflux, one meal turns to two.<
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S for sleepless nights, counting my fears,<
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T for Tinnitus; there's bells in my ears!<
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U is for urinary; big troubles with flow;<
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V is for vertigo, that's "dizzy," you know.<
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W is for worry, NOW what's going round?<
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X is for X ray, and what might be found.<
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Y is another year I'm left here behind,<
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Z is for zest that I still have--in my mind.<
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I've survived all the symptoms, my body's deployed,<
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And I am keeping twenty-six doctor's fully employed!!!
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