Bad Back Whining

Arnica, schmarnica
Rub it in with your palmica
For the pain in left lower
That is caused by up righter
Then spreads acrosser like
A fireball on a Mexican desert

Sit this way, stand that
Put chin in, squeeze buttocks
Sleep with the pillow, always
Between knees like a fluffy monster hand

Lift this way, carry that

Don’t bend, don’t wear heels
Eat green vegetables
Don’t worry about the hump
Camels have them, don’t they?
Do they need chiropractors?
Sadists?

Lie this way, breathe that

Wet pads, hot weights on back
Heavy like a dead lover
Rest for thirteen seconds
Lucky or not
Ready or not

Dreaming with electro-men
dancing, jolting, waltzing
Needling this way,
Charging that.

Wake up! 
Walk this way!
How did that feel?

                                                writer's note:  past experience, not present