Hey kids
remember that headbanging
is only good
for "metal health"
not "mental health".
A 50-year-old
German man
went to the doctor
complaining of headaches
though he hadn't
had a head injury
experimented with drugs
or done anything else
but attend a perfectly innocent
Motorhead show.
The poor man
had some brain bleeding
but he'll be okay
although the medical team
noted in a paper
published Friday
previous cases
of minor brain damage
associated with heavy metal music.
It's all well and good
to be cautious
but Dr. Islamian
could be a little
less presumptuous
in saying that
had the patient
gone "to a classical concert
this would not have happened"
as if classical concert-goers
don't feel the urge
to nod heartily
along with the conductor
during some really
bitchin' violin cadenza.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
