Elise's Poetry Slam

Tuesday - Poetry Tuesday
Write a poem, rhyme, ballad, haiku, or any other form of poetry about diabetes.  After you've posted it on your blog, share it on the No Sugar Added Poetry page on TuDiabetes, and read what others have shared there as well.

I used to love writing poetry... not only because I lacked the attention span to write anything longer, but poetry was the perfect outlet for my first-world angst.  But I knew this topic would be perfect one for Elise to make her blogging debut; right now they're studying poetry at school, and she can pen some pretty epic quatrains.

The following is an Elise original.  I love the non-sequitur ending.

My Diabetes

Diabetes is hard to beat

But I can eat it like meat

Diabetes is strong,

But I am stronger

My CGM reads the numbers

Or else it will be a bummer

My monitor tells us the number

Pods are like turtle shells.

Here's my contribution:

Roses are red

Christmas trees are sappy

Diabetes + Strep throat + antibiotics + strep rash + hives

Are all really, really, really crappy