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Every new drug that big pharma brings out
Has bad side effects. A third arm that you sprout!
Prescriptions that come with a long list of ills
Including dry heaves, hot flashes, and chills
TV ADS!
Side effects are mentioned at auctioneer speed
A happy jingle plays hiding corporate greed
Actors are smiling with no issues in sight
No lesions or boils that might cause a fright
But the miracle cure is making YOU grumpy
After one dose, you begin to feel jumpy
Twitching and twerking! You’re dancing like Elvis!
Gross inflammation attacking your pelvis!
You’re bloated with gas that you WILL have to pass
It can rattle the windows! The belches break glass!
There’s high-pitched whistling from inside your bowels
Producing sheer panic with wailing and howls
Excessive hair growth in all the wrong places
A female mustache! There’s fuzz on their faces!
They are not happy. They frown. There’s no grin
With whiskers galore on their chinny chin chin!
BODY PARTS!
Some parts will soon swell, and some parts will soon shrink
Some parts will turn blue, and some parts will turn pink
Body parts can go wrong. So what do YOU THINK?
I think it’s disgusting when body parts STINK!
Your stomach’s upset. It’s tied up in a knot
You have to start sprinting to get to the pot
Accident! NO warning! You just could not wait
Meds caused DIARRHEA! Didn’t know til TOO LATE!
Abdominal cramping. The pain makes you wince
Projectile vomiting! You might want to rinse
There’s gasping as you suffer shortness of breath
It’s slightly concerning cause that precedes death!
There are more conditions that I have left out
The list is extensive. Impressive, no doubt!
In short, rapid sequence, let’s take a quick peek
At what else can go wrong. It might make you freak!
(TAKE A BIG BREATH)
Weight loss, weight gain
Rash, hives, muscle pain
Feeling down, change in mood
Appetite? Can’t face food
Heart is beating, palpitations
Seeing things, hallucinations
Sweating, shaking, dermatitis
Halitosis and gastritis
De-hydrated, drowsy, dizzy
Leaves you feeling in a tizzy
Wide awake. Cannot sleep
Spending hours counting sheep
Chapped lips. Dry mouth
Constipation way down south!
WHEW!!!
AND FINALLY, THERE IS –
Squirting, and dripping, and oozing, and leaking
Chafing, and scraping, and sniffing, and tweaking
Embarrassing welts. A dry, flaky patch
If your privates are itchy –
IN PUBLIC, DON’T SCRATCH!!!
Poetry At Play 