Sigrid Ermine Poet Quintain (English)

Bumped Up Surgeons

Hand surgeon, aptly named Charlie 
Had a habit most folk view bizarrely
Each day before patients lay on his table
He sniffed a line or two which made him able
To slice and dice, hyped up head felt cathartic

Injuries presented, varied and complex
Imbibed biological Bibles, known reflex
Mere matchstick puzzle, bones twenty seven
Mirror met snow snakes, elongated elevens
Intensified his focus on anethesised subjects

Doc performs ops. at astounding rates
Each one completed, eager Charlie takes
Another line, consumed with smoothest relish
Ability to tinker successfully, truly embellished
Speed increase propels the money he makes! 

High as Heaven Charlie felt himself a professor
Straight surgery defunct, fine skills suppressor 
To rip skin open and zip through job, elating 
Benefits of blow for bone shifts, no debating
Need to nourish nostrils with coke, incessant 




11th September 2020 

Of course, this phenomena is common in many industries, 
   including surgery.  Not sure if in contemporary time, 
   surgeons are drug tested, but I doubt they are. 
-  Have been told first hand by a surgeon that it's 
  regularly practiced to hone their performance. 
-  Unfortunately, patients are not audiences 
   being performed to!!  
-  Perhaps the general public has faith in their 
   white collar workers, to avoid overuse.

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Lindsay Laurie September 11, 2020 at 4:46 PM Hello Sigrid … I did here once that doctors bury their mistakes, but who could make a mistake with a nose lined with white powder - certainly an interesting poem Sigrid - Lindsay Sigrid Ermine September 11, 2020 at 6:04 PM .... She don't like, she don't like, she don't like - - cocaine - - - - du du du du du duuhn

Rico Leffanta September 11, 2020 at 11:43 AM One must always remember American medical personnel are in business to earn a profit, but first they must repay student loans, so your health and welfare are way way down their list of priorities! Aloha! Rico Sigrid Ermine September 11, 2020 at 4:12 PM Aloha! ... Valid considerations. Yes, they're at the core. I assumed after writing this, industry drugs are probably much more sophisticated, less 'street,' than eighteen years ago, when I was told this by a youngish surgeon.