Bane of dyschezia

Constipation spoilt rare visit

with eldest daughter

(yesterday - November twenty sixth

two thousand twenty two)

currently housed near

Rittenhouse Square, Pennsylvania.

Less than twelve hours

after a cocktail comprising

handful of prunes,

four psyllium husk capsules,

plus three dulcolax.

Myself and missis

privy to meet our grand kittens
(tortoiseshell synonymous tabby cats
patterned with small blotches of white

referred to as "tortico,"
a portmanteau
of "tortie" and "calico."

We immensely enjoyed

the company of our eldest

oftentimes referred as "star student"

when as a little girl and adolescent

in grade, middle and high school,

she exhibited a penchant

as high achieving

(academically gifted) progeny,

who avidly enrolled

in advanced placement classes

(while also participating

in orchestra, track and field,

including other extracurricular activities),

and succeeded mastering challenging

rigorous material with flying colors,

thus no surprise when

acceptance notice with full scholarship

arrived courtesy

University of Pennsylvania.

I just asked her permission
to share the filial bonding of
first born with said father and mother

who (though financially
and emotionally challenged)

enjoyed the role of parenthood,
and consider (both) progeny

as an unwitting mentor

teaching me how

to become more selfless,

plus allowing, enabling, and providing

an opportunity to learn how

to play games without frontiers,

and not feeling sorry

to lose more'n an uno

of an ounce of manhood.

An agonizing lower gastrointestinal ache,

whereby sharp jagged pains

shot thru gluteus maximus

(grossly hyperbolically analogous

to being disemboweled)

sabotaged ability to enjoy

the topnotch perfect hospitality,

yet I did try to distract myself

getting acquainted

with two adorable

four footed creatures

with scientific name felis catus.

Worse case scenario of bowel obstruction

found yours truly

entering inescapable

catastrophization realm

far more frightful
than outer limits of twilight zone,
where dark shadows

haunt psyche as though

one entered night gallery

filled with gruesome pictures

emblematic of macabre scenes.

Despite aggravating, debilitating,

gnawing, jabbing, maddening

spasms akin to daggers

plaguing one or another sphincter muscles,

I did manage (as iterated above)

to jump/kick start socialization.

Twinge of disappointment arose

to bring affable family rapprochement
to a premature close

methought recollected how rare,

when broach of estrangement erupted

somewhat analogous envisioning

gushing geyser like phenomena,

how Old Faithful steadily grows

less pronounced over time

contention twixt me

and daughter number one

soon bitterness vanquished

and lingering hostility dissolved

we no longer appear

as strong forces (think

like magnetic poles) that oppose

each other, but rancor

diminished into infinity of zeroes.