The Impatient Patient

Today's true tom tale; Today was Dr. day at the clinic I ended up the day quite a cynic I'd been awake three days, With a toothache and pain that slays My jagged teeth cutting up my tongue And the promise of help to which I clung For no more of this pain could I endure, I desperately did seek some kind of cure Appointment at 2:15- told the taxi 1:30 I knew the fib was a tad dirty... "Hedge the bet" one might say, Sad to think one must be that way, Of course in this case he showed up at 1PM And I was in the waiting room at 1:15 Fastest response I'd ever seen. So I sat in the waiting room as Clerical shifts came and went My patience seemed nearly spent At last I was escorted to an examining room, To sit and ponder my future doom... For over an hour I sat there, Reading all the posters on the wall, About various diseases, Soon I had them all! Cervical cancer, Malignant volvulus, Infected ovaries, Fibroid tumors in my uterus, A glumaceous gluteus, Obstructed bowels, Deviated septum Leukemia, Anemia, edemia Enlarged prostate, Shrunken prostate Eczema, Lupus Leprosy..... All these for me! I hoped he didn't keep me waiting too much longer, Surely I wasn't getting stronger.... I'd be dead in ten more afflictions If he could not cure all these conditions. I felt my life force start to fade Look at what these posters made! Surely life was slipping away, I couldn't stand, I began to sway. In he finally came, Suddenly I did not feel the same, I might survive the day after all, My approaching death grew rather small. Next time, bring a book, For in terms of time, It hardly took, Much time to catch All these ills, Or at least come in, With made out wills.