For S.S.
Don’t fret about the Jabberwock,
There’s little left to fear.
Beware that slender winding tool
Shoved up your tender rear!
Humiliation’s bad enough,
But colonoscopies
Top that gross list of doctor’s tricks
While hunting for disease.
Yards of flexed metal tube invade,
Displaying for TV
Those private passageways where light
Was never meant to be!
And yet, sometimes discomfort works—
They find, and snip, and trim
Away the schmutz that threatens you,
And make you whole again!
(6/29/10)