Ann - This one of yours is just brilliant - not least because, from that splendid opening blast, it fairly clips along throughout.
I was going to resist doing any more, but Jayne's news on the 'give' on the original rhyme words is entirely responsible for the existence of this fourth effort. The content is, of course, entirely my own fault!
‘Dr.’ HUNT’S HEALTHY CHOICES
“You’ll understand,” my doctor now explains,
“that to increase your choice, on any day
when symptoms come, and we have sent away
some sample slides, so that, comparing stains,
competing labs can offer drugs for pains
that you’ve been troubled by at least since May -
and this is where your rights come into play -
you choose, although it seems it never rains
but pours, which cheaper treatment really leaves
you feeling better. So - with choice - the sun’s
come out again!” He beams and shuffles sheaves
of out-sourced contracts, while, beneath my breath -
“if this is market choice,” my thinking runs,
“it looks as if I’ll get a private death.”
Last edited by Nigel Mace; 03-12-2013 at 11:21 AM.
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