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Panic Button

I was feeling rather wobbly So I donned the panic button - It can  hang upon a chain around my neck. I didn't want to use it, it was just security, As I was really somewhat of... Read More

Doctors

There have been just two medicos In the practice down the road, And now another one has come To share the heavy load.   I've yet to meet this doctor Who is coming to r... Read More

Waiting

Sitting in the surgery, waiting for the doc, Becoming more impatient As the hands move round the clock.   Your appointmnet was made well ahead By the time you're seen, you... Read More

Vertigo

"I'm afraid you've got vertigo", The kindly doctor said. I thought that he said "Verdigo" so many thoughts ran through my head. "You mean", I said... Read More

NBN (Nearly Bloody Ninety)

It's great fun to be a nonagenarian Though you live in an area that isn't riparian. The river's not close, but the beach is quite near, But you don't venture down there, th... Read More

Forgotten but not lost

With advancing years come problems One of which is poorer hearing, Yet another is some memory loss - Where is my other earring?   But even worse than this Is when you'... Read More

The tunnel of hell

There once was a song called "The tunnel of love" You've never heard it? Oh, Heaven's above I must be showing my age, At one time this song was quite all the rage.   But now the... Read More

Sense of smell

My sense of smell has left me It happened long ago And now it's loss has come to be An endless source of woe.   For I can no longer capture The perfume of a rose, ... Read More

Where is it?

With advancing years come problems One of which is poorer hearing, Yet another is some memory loss - Where is my other earring?   But even worse than this Is when you're going out, And you ar... Read More

Not for the faint hearted

You're flat on the floor looking up at the ceiling Bewilderment now is the one thing you're feeling There are noises and voices mid tones of concern Oh, curses, there's nurses and quickly ... Read More

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