Yesterday (Mar. 2) was Dr. Seuss's birthday and we missed it here on the Right Coast. You on the Left Coast still have a couple of hours...
So, Happy Birthday, Theodor Geisel. Thanks for the ... Whos.
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...” ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!
“They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!” ― Dr. Seuss
I was thinking of Dr. Seuss, and his "Oh, The Places You'll Go!", when I was in the hospital.
So my "The Places" may have a somewhat familiar tempo to it.
Good doctors make a difference when you're in the hospital ...
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The Places
"Oh! The Places You’ll Go!" ... and now look where I’ve got!
The air is too cool, but the nurses are hot!
I’ve been poked at and sampled from spots here and there,
And orifices looked into almost everywhere.
In places where tissues were hidden from sight,
They used new technology shiny and bright.
With Magnets and Crookes’s Tubes and scanners and such,
They studied my innards. No expense was too much!
With blood samples taken for each Doc on each floor,
I decided that surely I could tell them the score.
It seemed rather safe one could make this prediction,
At some point they’d discover my anemic condition.
So how did this happen, and why am I here?
At least I am comforted -- it wasn’t the beer!
It seems I’ve been prideful, and bragging too much,
Forgetting at times that my makeup is such,
That the tiniest thing in a wrong little spot,
Can remind you, like others, immune you are not!
So I’m humbled and stumbled, and felled from my perch,
And one lesson seems clear, "Pay attention in Church!"
Oh, I’ll be okay. I’m getting the point,
I’m confident soon I’ll walk out of this joint.
Much better than how I hobbled and stumbled,
As I entered my quest to be poked at and humbled.
There’s a lesson I’ve learned -- more than IVs and pills,
If you’re milking Human Kindness, watch out for some spills.
NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 17, 2006