They don’t always wear white.
Sometimes, it is green or blue
Medical clothes that suit them.
They usually have prescription
Pads in their pockets and three
Or four pens in their breast pocket
Have to be ready is their motto.
Whatever you need, we will write
Out an order for. They will try to catch
You, noting that something doesn’t
Look right. They will assign you to
A waiting room, and you go in and
Wait. It seems like forever and
Finally, they come and find
Nothing wrong with you and
Wonder why you were told to
Wait. On the way out, you notice all
The specialties and wonder what
Some of them are about. Not about me
I hoped. They had me scheduled for
Two weeks from now to check on
One thing or another. I didn’t feel
Hopeless but was beginning to wonder.
Do they ever smile or wait until I
Leave and then laugh like hell.
Stanski
March 15, 2024, ^
Steve Haarman 