bacteria behind this

it was hard to tell myself
bacteria was behind this
keeping me lying down
curled up and groaning
it felt like my stomach
was trying to wring itself dry

i kept saying
it's only microscopic organisms
that were somewhere in that burrito
that just aren't jiving with me
i kept saying
that this can't go on forever
somebody's got to win
me or that bacteria
and i believe that everytime i groaned
it was with determination

my body had a gameplan
was what my mind reasoned
that's all this was
all that sick ever is
and so i sat up

my stomach reacted quickly
seizing on the moment
to employ it's daringest tactic
my mind in turn helped out
crawl to the toilet, it knew

and there the battle took place
bacteria are no match
for my multiple systems
stomach erupting
with miraculous force
mind stood back helpless
judging the horrors of war

it didn't end right then
these thing go on
little battles here and there
needing time
to recover from the effects
and in the end
i even ate again