Beetlebung and Kettlehole--April Poems

Prospectus for Rant

symptoms:
a pricking sensation
as if a presage not yet named
its first signs pins and needles
then burning jabs
at the throat
making the patient utter
piteous moos of distress
then, letting the words flow out
unprotected
the pain though brief
is often severe

causes:
varied and numerous
ranging from relationships
to government, weather,
cars, house, and little things
like Windows 10, palmetto bugs,
daily mail, robocalls,
violence on TV,
buzzing din, and worst,
people who complain too much.

risk factors:
communicable
liable to become an epidemic
culmination of self-hatred
disgust, hostility, and brain
rewired for negativity

treatment:
little to none
patient is made comfortable
or ignored
better yet,
alert the centers
for disease control

aside: quite an expert I have become on rants
for being a former patient.

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prompt: rant