From Bad to Verse: Conundrum, Clueless, COVID Testing

Conundrum
I admitted to my puzzlement
And made it known to him
With just this simple question
WTF is an acronym? 

Clueless
If you are on the cutting edge
And don’t know what to do
I think the observation is
You avant garde a clue 

Medicine and Poison 

Medicine can make you well 

With poison, it’s “adios” 

The diff between the two of them? 

Simply the dose 

COVID Testing 

With the COVID virus
We know well
You lose your sense
Of taste and smell

So I’m telling you
And it bears repeating
That I’m not, in fact
Overeating

Rather, you must know
I’m just a dude
Who tests for infection
Using food 

Public Health 

I was sitting on a train today 

Near a man with a mask on his face 

He looked all properly dressed I’d say 

And very much in place 

The steward reminded passengers 

That masks were required on the train 

The message seemed to bother him 

And I heard him loudly complain 

The next thing I knew his mask was off 

Much to my great alarm 

And quickly repositioned there 

Halfway up on his arm 

At first it bothered me because
‘Twas not what I’d expected
But now he doesn’t worry about
His elbow getting infected 

Kevin Ahern is an Oregon State University professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics. In his retirement, he writes verses.