Symptomatic

"Numbness usually arises from a lack of blood supply to an area or nerve damage. Most cases of numbness are not due to life-threatening disorders, but it does occur with stroke and tumors.

Whereas numbness is a loss of sensation, paralysis involves a loss of movement, with or without the loss of sensation."

I read this on the internet

I am unsure if there is cause for concern

And if so, which doctor to call?

"lack of blood supply" implies a disorder of the heart

"loss of sensation" would suggest a neurologist

And even more confusing still 

"loss of movement" might involve some sort of

Physical therapy

All of this information confuses almost to paralysis

Which the article seems to say

Is the final stage of the illness

One wonders at the somewhat

Obvious lack of reference to causality

It seems a glaring omission 

No references to debt ceilings

No mention of unemployment

No discussion at all

Of what it all means

The rather dispassionate discussion

Raises suspicion

Could the author

Also suffer from

A similar diagnosis

Could he or she fear

That creeping loss

That begins so small

It causes no concern

Until its spread to 

The extremities

Would indicate a progression

A point quickly passed

From which

There is

No plausible return

dg

7/23/11

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