By
Kerry Valkyrie Baldock Kelly
Cholera
Oyster rich, drink poor
Oozing gut, dehydration
Rice rehydration
Smallpox
Prevention from cows
Deadly speckled pox disease
lost to history
Yellow Fever
Aching body, fever
Reprieve, yellow eyed jaundice
Organs fade, the pain
Tuberculosis
Stabbing chest, blood cough
Spreading through developed worlds
Spluttered into air
Influenza
Burning hot, so cold
Muscles sear, throat spikes sore blades
Hacking cough, wet nose
Pertussis
Persistent rough cough
Torn throat scratching suffocates
Puking fits smoother
Ebola
Cells explode, bleeding
Scarlet flow inside and out
Rash, sickness, red eyes
Avian Flu H5N1
Organ system shutdown
Anaerobic failure
Heart suffers, death masks
Tetanus
Jaw locked, muscles twitch
Erupting into spams
Breathing fails, dark
Meningitis
Light burns, rash erupts
Thunder and backfire flare
Amputations blast
Syphilis
Ulceration blind
No room for food, weight plummets
Enlarged nodes, organs
Swine
Frozen heat sweats out
Pneumonia mutated
Tired, worn, fatigued
Bubonic Plague
Fleas spread pussy buboes
Masked bills nursing priests frighten
Now bring out your dead
Leprosy
Unfeeling limbs, thin skin
Weakness paired with sore lumps, bumps
Disfiguring marks
Hepatitis
Liver attacking
Nauseating, languid, limp
Enervated, sick
Malaria
Vector, stung in blood
Shaking with bile, fever
Worn, preventable
Measles
Enshrouded in rash
Conjunctivitis, spiked flush
Speckled stinging throat
Mumps
Puffed cheeks, swollen face
Every muscle ruptures ache
Starving in slumber
Trypanosomiasis
Tsetse fly bites sore
Personality departs
Swollen, sleep, throb, death
HIV
Mutation cheats jabs
Immunity’s sting fails
Protection, stigma
Vaccinations
Controversial
Wiping disease clear away
Necessary, live
Developing World
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