My Tapeworm

I've never had a pet
Something my parents never let me get
Not a cat, a parrot, or a dog
Even my neighbor had a frog

Just a friend who was always there
Just for me
Whom I could always speak to
Free

Then a day whilst I was swimming
I misplaced a gasp lacking timing
My friends were all grinning
This isn't even rhyming

I went to the doctor the next day
Oh doctorman what is wrong with me
Oh medicine man what do you say
Mr. Shaman tell me, what do you see

My name is steve, and you appear to have swallowed a tapeworm.

The miracle-worker left me to ponder
Sitting there nude on a table
I could nothing but wonder
what possibilities this could enable

When I got home that day
I was all giddy
For I had realized
An opportunity