Hospital Routine

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Hospital Routine
(Author Unknown)

"We want to take you in for tests,"
Sounds innocent enough.
I thought of bed-tray meals and rests -
And all that pampered stuff.

I brought a pretty robe, to start,
Packed book and magazine.
And settled down to be a part
Of hospital routine....

** H-E-L-P **

Sip this, chew that, gargle, swallow.
Breathe in, breathe out, focus, follow.
This side, that side, poke and probe.
(So much for the pretty robe.)
Flex your muscles, make a fist.
Bend your elbow, turn your wrist.
Veins for sticking, tubes for feeding.
(So much for leisure reading.)
Up and down and out and in,
There's no place they haven't been!

** W-H-E-W ! **

Home has never looked so good
Or family so dear.
Back to Wife-and-Motherhood;
I'll recover here.