Just because your father had it
why do you?
It sometimes trickles in
that toe
attached to that foot
without any reason
but then when it explodes and
you curse that 6 letter word
Purine.
There is suddenly
a radar around you foot
sensing any immovable object
within inches.
And bedsheets hurt,
staircases are steeplechases,
and you hope your
foot doesn’t explode.
Time heals.
Purines still exist.
As you attempt to forget
the pain
until next time.
Tinfoiling 
As a fellow gout sufferer, I understand your pain. I must also tell you that I take one 200mg tablet of Allopurinal (Marcan) a day. And have been doing so for some years. While gout attacks have not been entirely eliminated they have been increasingly rare. I keep some Colchicine and Diclofenac on hand in the event of such attacks, which can then be relatively brief and less painful.