A Senior Citizen's Lament
I got this from my mother. I'm afraid the author is unknown. Enjoy!
A Senior Citizen's Lament
Thought I'd let my doctor check me 'cause I didn't feel quite right.
All those aches and pains annoyed me and I couldn't sleep at night.
He could find no real disorder, but he wouldn't let it rest.
What with Medicare and Blue Cross, it wouldn't hurt to do some tests.
To the hospital he sent me, though I didn't feel that bad.
He arranged for them to give me every test that could be had.
I was fluoroscoped and cystoscoped, my aging frame displayed.
Stripped upon an ice-cold table while my gizzards were x-rayed.
I was checked for worms and parasites, for fungus and the crud,
while they pierced me with long needles, taking samples of my blood.
Doctors came to check me over, probed and pushed and poked around.
And to make sure I was living, they wired me for sound.
They have finally concluded (their results have a page):
What I have will someday kill me: My affliction is Old Age!
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