I think I have a clue to Lucy' thinking. She gives as an example of the knd of thing she wants JBS Haldane's verse on his cancer. So I might ofer this. There is nothing as serious as one's imminent demise.
Procedure
It goes like this, the doctor said,
You must lie down upon this bed
Erected in a place apart
And we will open up your heart.
I asked, re-buttoning my shirt,
But will I die and will it hurt?
He laughed, don’t even think of it.
It will not hurt one little bit.
And for the other, my oh my,
I guarantee you will not die.
A month or two, you will be fine.
I signed upon the dotted line,
He seemed a pleasant sort of bloke.
It did hurt and I didn’t croak.
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