Wednesday, July 9, 2025

A & E & Me comical poem 613 by Angela Lansbury

I'm sitting in the A and E

Accident and Emergency 

An ambulance transported me

What will they do? Just wait and see


They have to take a lot of notes

Which have to pass from hand to hand

Before they give pain's antidote,

I'd like to hear a marching band


I'd like to hear a country song

Or watch a joyful travel show

"When will a see a doctor here?"

The nurse tells me, "I do not know


'Because even if you were first

If someone serious comes in

The doctor has to see them first

And most of our short staff are missing.'


It's gone midnight, I ought to sleep

Why is this room not dark?

Other patients chat loud all night

First thing wrong at Northwick Park



I have to say breakfast was good

Fruit! Banana's my preferred food

Easy to eat and not much mess

A quick relief for my distress


Two pregnant women vomiting

At breakfast time, not the best thing

The only good thing I can see

Is others are worse off than me


Back home with pills and into bed

A soft pillow under my head

What did I learn at A and E?

Good to be home, good to be me.

-ends-



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