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Waltzing With Lyme: In 3/4 Time
I do not like this thing called Lyme
It bugs me in the summertime
That rash, and swelling of my knee
I really do not like to see
I also do not like the way
My joints and muscles ache all day
My mother says that I'm just lazy
The doctors say I must be crazy
Since I've been bitten by those ticks
They said try antibiotics
So then I looked down the list
To find a rheumatologist
He said to me, It's not neurosis,
You have Lyme Borreliosis
We can make you better, not all the way,
But that could happen any day
So now those pains are not so bad
And my mood is not so sad
And when I travel far and near
I keep away from mice and deer
Because I know that any time
Once again, I could get Lyme
I wish to acknowledge the inspiration of
Theodor S. Geisel,
Rosanne Carinci,
and the many patients with Lyme Disease whom I have seen,
Arthur Weistein, MD
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY
Chronic Lyme Disease Lament
A man with fatigue and joint pain
Thought that Lyme had relapsed once again,
Doxycycline for years
Brought nothing but tears
And his hopes for a cure were in vain.
Arthur Weinstein, MD
