I do have trouble with my pills,
I just can’t remember which
is for my halitosis or
for that private itch.
Is the green one to help with my breathing
or is the purple one for that?
But whichever it is, then, will the other
help eliminate the fat?
Do I take two pink ones at lunch time
to help my digestion to work?
Or are they the ones that keep my leg
from straightening with a jerk?
I bought a container with seven spaces
one for each day of the week,
but flipping up those flipping lids
soon made my thumbs grow weak.
So then I made a list of what
I have to take each day,
and taped it to the bathroom mirror
twice around to make it stay.
Then after I had a nice shower
I saw just what I had done –
The moisture on the glass had made
my soluble ink all run!
So now I’m back to my memory,
which is how I started out . . .
Now . . . is the blue one for my flatulence
or for my gosh-darn gout?
~ Raymond Long
