OMA & OSIS
Interesting how the words you least wish to hear
Are the ones that readily grate on the ear.
Like medical terms ending "oma" and "osis"
You pray are in error in any diagnosis
And that welcome nightly refuge you seek in your bed
Assumes a sinister permanent entity instead!
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M.C. Newberry
Tue 14th Feb 2023 12:27
To Emmeranne, Holden, Stephen and Hugh - thank you for the
courtesy of the "likes". I was lying in bed after dawn, thinking on
the news of the sudden onset of terminal illness in family when these lines came to mind. There are certainly instances beyond
these examples when words that announce unwelcome news
somehow have an ugly sound to them.