Three days ago, my ophthalmologist performed my first cataract operation,
All went well I must say,
But I am seeing double today,
So please everybody who I have answered with persistent determination,
Excuse my typing, incorrect spelling and my intense unrelenting frustration.
The hole in his retina was getting larger.
He once saw the elephants
heading for the hills
long before the news broke on that far shore.
Even today
when his magnifying glass is cloudy
with questions
he still sees the asteroids.
breaking away from their trajectories
and falling upon the earth
like a pack of wolves.
He told the ophthalmologist
about this vision
she just smiled,
at least he thought she smiled,
for her teeth were as black
as a moonless night.
Parody of "Be Thou My Vision"
Be Thou my surgeon, Oh Creator of life;
Please be tender to me, save my sight you can
You my one hope better than glasses
Driving or working, my vision I need.
Be Thou my insurance, and Thou my pocketbook
I see sharper and Thou clears my eyes;
You the great Surgeon, I your patient;
Thou gives me vision and I give Thee praise.
LASIK I need not, just cataracts gone,
my ophthalmologist now and always:
You and You only, first on my mind,
Hi Master of Vision, my restoration you are.
Limerick: Once a born blind man was promised full sight
Once a born blind man was promised full sight
By an ophthalmologist fully tight
Two slits and dabs all told
Saw in wonderful world –
Beauty Contest: gouged his own eyes outright.
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015
Ophthalmologist
Checked eyes
Have styes
Proctologist
Drop drawers
Up yours
Plastic Surgeon
Replace
Plain face
Gastroenterologist
Pass gas
No class
Dermatologist
All sorts
Of warts
Audiologist
Can't hear
Bad ear
Dentist
No Floss
Gross dross
Psychiatrist
Your bean
Not keen
Podiatrist
Big toe
Must go
ENT Specialist
Ope' maw
Say ahhh
Allergist
Please sneeze
Don't wheeze
Cardiologist
Poor bloke
Had stroke
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) 2015 All Rights Reserved
Entry for Judy Konos' "Your Footle Poem" Contest
There is an inability
to see prime colors properly.
This malady may cause tension
requiring medical intervention.
Is it green or is it red,
frustration swirling in your head.
Might be yellow or could be blue,
I know you wish you knew.
Typically affecting men they say
viewing life in shades of gray.
There is no total cure out there
just special glasses you can wear.
The good news is you'll be alright
not endowed with perfect sight.
If you suspect you may have this,
contact an ophthalmologist.
Liz Reilly
Color Blindness contest
RAINS
Rains connotes many things
Rains from heaven is a blessing
A natural phenomenon
It is God’s wish that keeps us from drying
Rains is life giving.
Why does one tears, perspire and urinates?
Why do we produce artificial rains?
To survive
For an Ophthalmologist, tears from the eyes
Is the simplest form of cleansing body temperatures
It comes naturally to cure.
Rains are like tears from the eyes
Rains make lives live and alive
Rains are like tears console the heart, mind and spirit
Suppressing our feelings long subdued
If not allayed the worse comes to worst case.
Rains make the environment fresh
Rains wet the barren sand and dampened forest
It brings new beginnings of lives
Another contract of lease
As after the rains come the sunshine.
However, rain, rain go away come another day
As it swells the heart, the sea, rivers and lakes
It looses the mountain rocks to slide
Fills the canals, drainage and dikes
And causing floods and drowning men and nature.
Could it be God’s wrath because of our abuses? The scientists think otherwise!