Bait and Switch

John G. Young, M.D.

 

There was a sale

at Rt. 436 and Red Bug Road

but it was more

and less than

we bargained for

what we bought

was not what we sought,

and we got was not,

but a ticket to torture

and time on the rack,

so we went back to

another a sale

at Halifax Hospital,

two surgeons for the price

of one failed fusion

and more pain and disbelief,

so we went again

to see the man

at Florida South to get

refused again.

We got screwed

in the neck and

lost in the process,

and could not walk,

so we went to another sale

at West Volusia Memorial

to exchange our pain

for the hope to walk again.

but it was clear

we were screwed

when again he said

he would cut us down

to more than we bargained for.

 

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