I wacked my elbow,
Just the other day.
Nothing funny about that,
I’m just saying.
My arm was aching.
What an irritation!
Tingling, and painful,
Weird sensation.
You see, I bumped,
My Funny Bone.
Working in the yard,
Around my home.
Not chocolate cake,
Peanut butter inside.
I bumped my elbow,
I just wanted to cry.
Didn’t feel like laughing,
Most certainly not!
Jumped up and down,
Up and down a lot.
Went inside the house,
The ice, grabbed a hold.
Put it on the spot,
Could feel the cold.
Went to the laptop,
Looked up the saying.
Wanted to know where,
The bone got its name.
The pain comes from,
Hitting your Ulnar Nerve.
Which runs past the elbow,
And, causes the hurt.
The real name is,
Humerus, that connects,
The shoulder to the elbow,
That’s how it works.
The arm-bone’s title,
Sounds like humorous.
I don’t think it’s funny,
But, nevertheless.
I’ll write to the Journal,
Of Medicine for help,
See, if they’ll consider,
Calling it something else.
Maybe they cannot,
That bone’s iconic.
Still a miss-named thing,
I\'ll call it ironic.