WE GOT IT ALL
"I'M SORRY DEAR, THE SURGEON ," SAID,
"BUT YOU MUST HAVE IT OUT,
YET YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT IT DEAR,
OF THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT."
"WE'LL DO IT RIGHT AWAY, " HE SAID,
"ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO HURRY,
AND YOU WILL FEEL MUCH BETTER SOON,
I DON'T WANT YOU TO WORRY,
WELL, HE WAS RIGHT, THINGS WENT WELL,
AND LIFE WENT ON AGAIN,
THEN ONE DAY IN MY GARDEN,
I GOT ANOTHER PAIN.
"HELLO," THE SURGEON SAID TO ME,
"I'VE SEEN YOU HERE BEFORE,"
"I RECOGNIZED YOUR FACE, " HE SAID,
"WHEN I WALKED THROUGH THAT DOOR."
HE SMILED AT ME AND SQUEEZED MY HAND,
DON'T WORRY LOVE," HE SAID
"WE'LL HAVE IT OUT IN NO TIME,
AND GET YOU BACK IN BED."
I'VE DONE THIS LOTS OF TIMES BEFORE,
I'M TOLD I AM THE BEST,
I'LL SEE YOU IN THE OR DEAR
RIGHT NOW, YOU GET SOME REST."
ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO WENT BY,
THERE WASN'T ANY TROUBLE,
THEN ONE DAY, WASHING DISHES,
I WAS SUDDENLY BENT DOUBLE.
THIS TIME THE SURGEON LOOKED AT ME,
HIS FACE LOOKED VERY GRIM,
"THIS TIME WE'VE GOT TO TAKE THEM BOTH,
YOU'RE CHANCES ARE QUITE SLIM."
WELL, I FOOLED THEM ALL,
AND I GOT WELL, SOON I WAS HOME AGAIN,
FEELING REALLY GOOD NOW,
AND NOT IN ANY PAIN.
AND THEN AGAIN IT HAPPENED,
WHILST TRYING TO BAKE A CAKE.
I WENT ALL KIND OF QUEER LIKE,
WITH AN AWFUL BELLY ACHE.
BACK INTO THE HOSPITAL,
THIS TIME THEY CUT ME WIDE.
"WE GOT IT ALL," THE SURGEON SAID,
THERE AIN'T MUCH LEFT INSIDE."
"MY GOD," HE SAID, "YOU'RE LUCKY,
WITH ALL THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH.
I HOPE THIS TIME, WHEN YOU GO HOME,
I'VE SEEN THE LAST OF YOU."
HE'S RIGHT, I THOUGHT, I'M LUCKY,
AND FEELING *'ONKY DORY',
BUT NOT, ALAS, I HAVE TO SAY,
THE END OF A GOOD STORY.
'COS ONE NIGHT WATCHING TV,
A PAIN GAVE ME A START.
I BLEW MYSELF TO SMITHAREENS,
WITH ONE ALMIGHTY FART.
"WELL, THERE YOU ARE," ST. PETER SAID,
WHEN THE GATES WERE OPENED WIDE.
"FOR MANY YEARS WE'VE WAITED,
AND YOU'VE FINALLY ARRIVED.
WE KNEW ONE DAY YOU'D GET HERE,
SO LET'S HAVE NO MORE TEARS.
THERE'S HALF OF YOU, BEEN WAITING HERE,
FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS."
JUDI WHITTAKER
COPYRIGHT 2002
* onky dory...Feeling good
