Augmented

A strict regimen and diet
A boxer making the weight cut
Weeks of calorific deficiency
Shrinking the liver and gut

A long list of potential side effects
From this alien metallic device
A foreign implant in my abdomen
With my health I roll the dice

The wonders of modern medicine
Science fiction becomes science fact
Precision laparoscopic surgery
Along the gastrointestinal tract

Iodine and a tourniquet
I'm told I have good veins
The needle punctures precisely
I watch the velvet drain

Anaesthetised, inflated
Blown up like a frog
The skillful surgeon slices neatly
With his scalpel playing God

To an almighty I never believed in
Sending feeble prayers to the sky above
Bestow me with your mercy
Demonstrate your love