Senior Citizens' New Alphabet - 2011

New Alphabet - 2011                                         A is for apple, and B is for boat, That used to be right, but now it  won't float! Age before beauty is what we once said, But let's  be a bit more realistic instead.   Now ...   The   Alphabet   2011 A's  for arthritis; B's the bad back, C's  the chest  pains, perhaps car-d-iac?   D   is for dental  decay and decline, E is for eyesight, can't read that top  line! F is for fissures and fluid  retention, G  is for gas which I'd rather not  mention. H is high blood pressure--I' d rather  it  be low, I  is for incisions with scars you can  show. J   is for  joints, out of socket, won't mend, K  is for knees that crack when they  bend. L is for libido, what happened to  sex? M   is for  memory, I forget what comes next. N is neuralgia, in nerves way down  low, O  is for osteo, the bones that don't  grow! P is for prescriptions, I have quite  a few, just give me a pill and I'll be good as  new! Q is for queasy, is it fatal or  flu? R  is for reflux, one meal turns to  two. S  is  for sleepless nights,  counting my fears, T  is for Tinnitus; there's bells in my  ears! U  is for urinary; big troubles with  flow, V is for vertigo, that's "dizzy," you  know. W is for worry, NOW what's going  'round? X  is for X- ray, and what might be  found. Y  is another year I'm left here  behind, Z   is for zest that I still have -- in my  mind. I've survived all the symptoms, my  body's deployed, And I am keeping twenty-six doctors fully  employed!!!