The Medical
The Medical
There's snow on the hills
And I've taken my pills.
The psychiatrist thinks me quite sane.
The pigs in the sky,
Yes I know they can't fly,
But they're taking a test just the same.
The voice in my head
That is never quite dead,
Is singing a sad kind of ditty.
I try to write songs
Yet they come out all wrong,
All clangers and smash, more's the pity.
I've got an IQ
Of a hundred and two,
Which puts me, ahead of a half-wit.
I'm friends with the Queen
And my washing machine,
But give me a dollar, I'd halve it.
I live on the moon
With an ageing baboon
Who is wanted in five different countries.
My favourite meal
Is strawberry peel
Which I harvest each autumn from plum trees.
The doc's here again.
She insists, I am sane.
She has the last laugh, no disputing.
The stupid old lush,
I'm as daft as a brush.
Speak to my grandma, Rasputin.
Tick-Tock, round the clock,
I need a new frock.
Tear drop, splobalop, I am barmy.
Boogaloo bongos,
Dingos and drongos,
I don't want to play in your army.
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I do like the idea of pigs doing a flying test! 😀 The end of the poem reminds me of Catch-22. Have you read it? Wanting out of the army but, by wanting to be proved insane, you show that you’re sane.
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Thanks. Yes, it is a good book and a very good film.🙂
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what terrific fun this one is; a cavalcade of cavorting conumdrums; a nebula of nonsense — now it’s affecting me 🙂 but seriously I can see the work you’ve put into this, Hobbo, so respect !
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Thank you John. Glad you got into the spirit of this!🙂
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I think we could all learn a lot from this character! Made me think of ‘The Fool on the Hill’
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Yes, I can get why you would make that link! 🙂
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What did you have for breakfast? I could fancy some of that!
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😂 Diazepam on toast!
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The white one, Dauphy, the white one, hurry!
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Too late…!
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Poetic descent into madness. Love it.
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Thanks. I don’t need an excuse!
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Ah, feels so surreal and Carroll. I’m drawn right in to this cyclone of half-realities. Definitely one for my chap book, will have to have a chapter for just your works, I imagine.
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Thanks Karen. Always appreciate your positive comments!🙂
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