Tuberculosis

The white old man tuberculosis, a "myco" bacteria clearly a racist by the way he sticks to the tropics.

Occupies your lungs without an invitation.

He rides mucus the sputum,  from noses to noses or mouths to mouths for recreation.

He converts them tissues in to curdy white cheese, by a process called calcification.

And he is bound to take a very long if not an indefinite lease, irregularly or in continuation. (Chronic)

He puts at least 5 lakhs (India) to external sleep, still the biggest killer since his coronation.

The old white man will make you cough your eyes out, burn with high fever.

Make you spit blood from your mouth (hemoptysis), loose weight and quiver.

You can try crying a river, but once he is set, he will not stop until everything he gets.

He can reach your gut, your brain, your spine, even your liver, he casts a wide net.

HIV and Smoke are two of his special hope, each pulls him in with a tight rope.

The white old man is certainly dope, but even he has enemies that will melt him like pears soap.

Rifampisin, Streptomycin, to name a few, can eat him up without a clue.

DOTS is a regimen that makes sure Rifampisin and his buddies are taken without fail, so TB gets cut off in its tail.

Remember the old white man may be gruesome and deadly, but he can be warted off or thrown out abruptly.