We’re concluding our “Arlo & Janis Poet Laureate for a Day” contest with an effort from our outgoing Poet Laureate for a Day, Omar Khayyam. We thank Omar for his service and wish him the best. Now, with no further ado, our incoming Poet Laureate for a Day is Ken from Framingham, for the following limerick:
The alarm clock jolts you from sleep
But you think your morning will keep
Don’t hit the snooze button
Unless you’re a glutton
For hearing that son of a bleep!
We think Ken’s verse is witty, melodic, and we had to pick somebody. Jim Young was disqualified for lack of originality, because he inserted the word “Nantucket,” but we did think his limerick was funny:
There once was a man from Nantucket,
Who kept all his clocks in a bucket,
The alarm clock would ring
The bucket he would fling,
Far from the sound of Nantucket…
The Honorable Mentions are too many to mention, but you can see most of the entries by returning to Tuesday’s post. Thank you, and drive safely going home.
59 responses to “Poet Laureate for a Day”
Jackie, I don’t have any specific recommendation for an author, but and “dialysis” diet planning will help on the potassium. Dialysis patients also have to watch for phosphorus, due to long term effects on calcium cycle and bones. You should be able to ignore the guidance on phosphorus, which includes issues with meat and beans. Potassium on the other hand, is more insidious and is lots of places you might not think. Unfortunately, potatoes, tomatoes, and many fresh fruits are high in K. Here’s one link that gives a quick rundown of some foods and ways to remove potassium from some others.
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https://www.healthline.com/health/kidney-health/kidney-disease-and-potassium#tips-to-reduce-potassium
Congratulations to Ken! That was fun!
I kept telling hospital my meals were loaded with sugars and potassium. I tried ordering around it but choices were loaded. Ended up with dangerously high potassium levels and an overnight flushing.
Tonight my magnesium was dangerously low. Getting ready to read about. NPO until morning.
They could order a diabetic-renal diet for you…. but then the cafeteria food is really bad! I always just tried to manage it as much as I could, sometimes with varied success. Hopefully they didn’t have to give you Kayexalate! The lower gastric effects of that are “not good.” 🙂
They gave me the gooey stuff they mix and make you drink then give you all the IV fluid to flush out the Potassium and lower levels.
I hated it. Had avoided up to now by diet.
A lady whose space/bed I am waiting to take over in the rehabilitation center is refusing to leave! They are dealing with it and promised I will be able to transfer there tomorrow.
It must be a very nice place.
I am expecting to be there for 20 days, longest time that Medicare and insurance allows. So I will be there until December 29 almost New Year’s.
Could it be true? NBC News carried this weird news item:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weird-news/former-israeli-space-security-chief-says-extraterrestrials-exist-trump-knows-n1250333
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