Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Doctor's Orders

We learn to take our medicine
No matter what the taste
And follow doctor's orders,
Though uncomfortable, post haste.

Yet children have to be convinced,
For if the flavor's vile, 
They'll try their best to fight it 
Using obstinance and guile.

Perhaps a bit of bribery
Or trickiness might work,
For medical instructions
Aren't ones we ought to shirk.

So we must do what we must do
To get that dosage down, 
Despite the knowledge we're the cause
Of grimace, grouse or frown.

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Maurice Rigoler February 15, 2019 at 2:36 PM I can relaye to this poem, Ilene. I'm on bitter pills for my diabetes. The worst of it is that the pills are mini footballs size and I can't swallow them unless I crush them. But it's for my own health, so I bear a grimace twice a day. Hope you health isn't as bad as mine. Best to you. / M

Gershon Wolf February 10, 2019 at 9:19 PM The eternal battle well described (along with the 'eat your vegetables' war). :) gw

Jan Allison February 9, 2019 at 1:58 PM wish there was a magic way of getting medicine into them easily - perhaps you can invent it Ilene:-) hugs Jan xx

Rico Leffanta February 8, 2019 at 3:48 PM Too true! When my granddaughter received her first injection, she grabbed the needle out of the nurse's hand and tossed it across the room. But that pales in comparison to getting a cat to swallow a pill! Another great catch of the day! Aloha! Rico Jan Allison February 9, 2019 at 1:57 PM cover the pill in tuna fish I'm told it works:-) hugs Jan xx