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Monday, January 2, 2023

"Ill"ustrations in Iambics

My father's Uncle Titus 
has osteoarthritis.
The triplets -- Keir, Ken, Korey:
Doc's verdict...? "H. Pylori."
     My mother's Aunt Louise 
caught Legionnaire's disease.
With next-door neighbor Sidney, 
it's cancer of the kidney.
     My sister's in a coma 
with multiple myeloma.
A distant cousin -- Cyrus --  
contracted West Nile Virus.
     Some rabid rats gave rabies 
to Biddy and her babies.
And, though I feel like hell, 
I'm he who they call 'well.'

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