MAY 5, patients and their maladies: vitreous detachment

a) Reprise of material posted on May 5 in previous years ...

2020: American satire, pardoning Sheriff Joe (poem)
2021: Panama palindrome spoof, A girl, ... Riga (illustrated poem) 
2022: mammalian wildlife, hippos (illustrated poem)
2023: excursion, meanwhile, Brickworks (photo-collage)

b) Today's Offering (May 5, 2024): 

poetry lyrics:/ The vitreous chamber or gel,/ Shrinks with age,  but most patients

 do well./ When detached, 'lightning streaks',/ Floaters noted for weeks./

 Is your retina torn? Doc can tell.

 You can view these verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Nurse-Verse: Patients and their Maladies' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!