The Microbes of the Night

Pop Musical: The Phantom of the Trachea
Lyrics: Gary Finger - Microbiologist From Warren General Hospital, Warren, PA.
Swift and stealthy, microbes start mitosis
Soon they're causing ghastly cyanosis.
See the green begin, as the neutrophils swarm in
To a battle that's phagocytic fight.
The microbes cause the mucus of the night.

Gliding, hiding microbes will infest you.
Make you gasp, efficiently congest you.
Tearing up the Penicillin,
Causing fever and then chillin'.
It's a syndrome that is difficult to fight,
And you cough up the mucus of the night.

Legionella, Strep and Klebsiella
Make the doctor need to incubate ya'.
Without the laboratory, you'll never know the story
Of the microbes that are causing such a fright,
The lab will find the microbes of the night.


Printed: ALT Newsletter Vol 1 Winter 2000
Republished: 4.15.2010