Poem: Last guinea worm for the new year

in memory of Jimmy Carter (1924-2024)

by Dana Littlepage Smith 10th January 2025

The idea is to turn the stick slowly, gentling the roundworm

onto it as it emerges, exiting from foot or leg. 

The task is to ease the metre of nematode out 

a little bit each day, to free the person from the disease.