Socialist Stanza No. 6
Medical Examination
The doctor
became a hero
As the
epidemic spread;
So many
colleagues counted
Amongst the
too many dead.
Never enough
equipment,
Warnings
through the years ignored,
Long, long
hours with forty winks snatched
And then
back on to the ward.
A round of
applause come Thursday;
But when the
pandemic ceased
There was no
reward or let-up
As the
waiting lists increased.
Inflation
took a scalpel to
Doctors’
retention and pay:
Will their
value be realised
When the
last one’s gone away?
D. A.
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