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I agree.From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Short stories and poems by Roosevelt Fitzgerald file.
man001066. Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers, 1890-1996. MS-01082. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1ht2ks1c
English
HOW AM I DOING?
BY ROOSEVELT FITZGERALD
Here I sit on the edge of my'bed
Got this swelling in my leg
My foot is swollen and so is my ankle
How am I doing? Very well thank you
I get up and hobble from pi 11 er to post
Don't know what hurts me the most Freezing to death, need my sweater How am I doing? Never better
Hurts like the dickins when I sit down
Hurts even more when I move around
Itching all over, gotta scratch
How am I doing? Can't be matched
Thought about fixing myself a salad
But all I could do was a mourners' ballad
I know that healthy eating pays
How am I doing? I've seen better days
Was going to sit out on the patio Opened the door, cold wind, oh', oh'.
Went to the bathroom, dried in the sink
How am I doing? I'-m in the pink
Got a swelling high on my thigh
Comes and goes day and night
When it is up it hurts like sin How am I doing? I’m in like Flynn
My stomach is shaky, always churning
The cuts on my legs, constantly burning My consciousness wanders, losing my mind
How am I doing? I'm doing just fine
Got this rash around my nose
Vexing tingling in my toes
A burning in my butt you couldn't fake
How am I doing? Juste-great
It washes over me like a wave
This depression I do not crave
Some say I should consider myself lucky
How am I doing? Just ducky
Break into sweats when you least expect
Can't eat anything that's free of fat
Lonely and isolated I reach for anything handy How am I doing? Dandy.
Lest we forget, there are the chills
With hallucinations of scary thrills Constantly waking, hafta pee
How am I doing? Don't worry about me
It's three in the morning and I can't s Said my prayers but my soul won't keep Times like these, I feel so sad
How am I doing? I got my health even i it's bad.