PAIN IN THE TONGUE
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Is neuropathy pain in my tongue,
I think that I’ve had some…
Diabetic pain,
Is this that again,
The stabbing and tingling’s begun!
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–Jonathan Caswell
PAIN IN THE TONGUE
–
Is neuropathy pain in my tongue,
I think that I’ve had some…
Diabetic pain,
Is this that again,
The stabbing and tingling’s begun!
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–Jonathan Caswell
NO HOCUS-POCUS DIAGNOSIS
When summoned to see M.R.I.,
He was not really sure why…
Was M.-S. the cause
For certain brain flaws,
The man wasn’t ready to die!
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Turns out the white patches small,
Were of little concern at all…
Just artifacts,
Cholesterol impacts
That need better control.
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His shaking was genetically
A pass-down from family…
His tippiness key
Was neuropathy,
He couldn’t feel his balance, you see?
–Jonathan Caswell
FOOT SORE
Little plastic ties on the floor,
‘Though I don’t lay track anymore…
Little railroad ties
Make me realize
It doesn’t take much for a sore.
–Jonathan Caswell
PHANTOM CREEPY-CRAWLIES
I perch on the bathroom throne,
Thinking I am alone…
Then feeling a crawling
Up my leg (appalling),
I brush it off quickly and groan.
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But there is nothing there,
The “bug’ vanished into thin air…
It sounds so mean
While feelings careen
‘Tween fear and utter despair.
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Infections for a diabetic are worse,
Enough (a continual curse)…
But creepy-crawlies
And neuropathies,
Of phantom bugs are really adverse!
–Jonathan Caswell
NOT QUITE LEPROSY
Not quite like leprosy,
When parts start dropping off…
Not like incontinence
Becoming moist with each cough.
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But having your wife tickle your feet
On the soles and staying asleep…
Diabetes tends toward neuropathy,
Not the kind of thing one wants to reap!
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‘Course, maybe his sleeping was so sound
To ignore a three-alarm fire…
It’s happened at least once before it seems,
To irritated neighbors’ ire.
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Lack of feeling can get steadily worse
And legs can turn colors too…
When not having kept blood sugars controlled,
There’s only so much one can do.
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Whatever tighter control one can claim
Slows down more rapid decay…
Although he may sleep soundly enough,
With bare feet he cannot get away!
–Jonathan Caswell