Dear Acid Reflux,
Where were you all our lives?
Tums, Rolaids and Pepto
Helped our parents stomachs thrive.
Proton uptake inhibitors and add an endoscopic search,
Waiting for results clearly keeps us in the lurch.
We love to eat pastrami with mustard piled high,
A half a sandwich later,
We wonder if we’ll survive.
We take our purple pill and go along our merry way –
Hello Acid Reflux are you really here to stay?
A cough and then a tickle,
Is our stomach that high up?
Please hand me the mylanta,
Perhaps a half a cup.
Our stomachs have gotten older,
Our eyes still on the pie,
The days of a la mode, have quickly passed us by.
Let’s try the milk from Almonds,
Lactose intolerant too.
So we’re really very over the limitations in our view.
A spritz of just plain seltzer, a ginger ale was quite the cure.
Our dietary habits, we need to re- explore.
Forget the mozzarella deep fried, sauce on the side.
Our days of grabbing a slice,
Makes our stomach wanna hide.
We are up to planning dinners,
That are as bland as all get out,
Dear Acid Reflux, shut the door on your way out.