I saw the doc' today

I saw the doc' today.

Things are okay, but...

Better have it checked,

exercise ECG for you, he said.

I, of course, agreed.

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I've seen pictures

of a treadmill in a prison.

Dreadful thing to torture humans on.

Grey lives made grayer,

to pay for crimes that

never could be paid for;

they hardly saw the light of day.

*

Thankfully the one awaiting me

is part of modern therapy,

hooked up to such gadgetry

it will record how I do

or don't perform, heart stressed

and under pressure...

*

From the data, all being well,

specialists will then meditate,

then medicate, and hopefully

I'll say: The doc' saw me today.

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© Dennis Crompton 1996

(first published www.denniscrompton.wordpress.com 2013)