I marched myself down to the sea
And waded in up to my knee
Then went deeper–up to my chest
Until a shark became quite a pest
It ate my head, my foot, my knee
Ha! That damn shark came down with M.E.
Reproduced with permission from CATHARSIS, volume 21, February 1995.
Real stories from real people with a mysterious illness which is only beginning to be understood. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, more commonly called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or ME/CFS