Public WARNING

.....................Beware of This Affliction
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A century ago two letters might define the few dreaded diseases;
TB and VD were heard less than grandpa's wintry sneezes.
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Then three letters sufficed to expand short-hand, scientific notation,
And PMS became a legitimate, monthly explanation.
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Decades later we now hear some long, four-letter code;
ADHD, for example, is one of a modern mother load.
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No acronym is mentioned below to alarm an electronic eye;
These* have Deficit Inattention Economic Disorder and stink to the sky.
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*Career politicians (Obama, Reid, Pelosi, 111th Congress)
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Juan Caruso 2010 All Rights Reserved
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Juan Caruso Davenport is an occasional guest cartoonist and author of the poem Extreme Creatures. A veteran submariner, Juan was raised in Puerto Rico and is currently a professional chef living in the South with his lovely wife and two young children.