In the Know

Thomas Cleveland Lane
In the doctor's waiting room,
I catch up on the news.
Roosevelt beat Hoover,
And they're legalizing booze?

Be still, says I, my beating heart.
It's too much to digest.
The Giants beat the Senators;
I think I'll skip the rest.

I should not read these magazines,
They make my pulse run fast.
But France's Maginot Line, now,
That's really built to last.

Prosperity, I see, is just around the bend.
So, I guess, I've finally read enough.
Much wiser, I await the chance
To turn my head and cough.

Published by Thomas Cleveland Lane

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  • Jennifer Wagner - Yahoo! Contributor2/21/2011

    Nothing worse than waiting to see the doctor!

  • Abby Greenhill2/20/2011

    How appropriate for me to read this now - I have a doc app't tom. am...LOL

  • Maria Roth2/18/2011

    Good one!

  • Jaipi Sixbear2/17/2011

    Ha!

  • Tony Payne2/17/2011

    The magazines really are old in some waiting rooms. I don't mind occasionally reading 40 year old National Geographicals though. They can be interesting.

  • Nancy V Canfield2/17/2011

    LOL!!!

  • Patti Walden2/16/2011

    Reminds me that I've been meaning to drop off my recent magazines to our chiropractor's office....

  • Donald Pennington2/16/2011

    Well done.

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