Payoff

If you get injured, what’s the price
To help assuage your pain?
Do lawyers factor in how much
You whimper or complain?

Of course there are the doctor bills
And days you couldn’t work
Or drive or shop or do the chores
You’d never think to shirk.

They even take into account,
With formulas complex,
What’s owed to someone if
An injured spouse cannot have sex.

No matter what the payoff is,
I’m sure each wounded soul
Would gladly give up all that cash
To once again be whole.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014


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Date: 2/9/2014 9:03:00 AM
Ilene - That third stanza is a killer. I dropped an iron on my toe (the only use I've had for it). May I sue Sunbeam? love, Kathy
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Date: 2/8/2014 9:26:00 PM
Your poem's are always entertaining. They really hit the spot. This is another one that you knocked out the park. I really like it alot. Peace. :)
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Date: 2/8/2014 8:43:00 PM
Reminds me of all those TV commercials from lawyers that we see during daytime television. Another good write, Ilene.
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Date: 2/7/2014 12:13:00 PM
What a great message you have in this poem. I was in a bloody auto accident a while ago. I won some money in a settlement. I still wish I had not been in the accident - although surprisingly enough money is quite helpful. I hope you and yours are well. Do you celebrate Purim? Do you like Tolkien? Peace & Love B'Shalom Matthew Anish
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Date: 2/7/2014 3:04:00 AM
Splendid work Ilene, I can hear this as a song.
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Date: 2/6/2014 5:34:00 PM
Love the message! Good write
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