Pills

By tim | Nov 5, 2008

 
There are pills to make you happy.
There are pills to make you sad.
There are pills to make you skinny
that are just a passing fad.
There are pills for every season.
There are pills for every age.
They come in many colors –
purple, gold and even beige.
There are pills you take with water.
There are pills you must take dry.
There [...]

Talking or Quacking

By tim | Aug 26, 2008

Stick me with a needle
or an enema propose
but don’t suggest I listen to
those medical talk shows!
The doctors are so ghoulish
they make Dracula look cute;
no matter what the symptoms
they prescribe some eye of newt.
Their concern is never with
the patient’s own welfare.
All they want to know is
“can we bill to Medicare?”
Talking on the radio
has never cured disease;
but [...]

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