When I Go To The Doctor's I

When I Go To The Doctor’s I

When I go to the doctor’s I

Have often got a while to wait

Which seems to be the reason why

I get there early and stay late.

Whatever may be wrong with me

I know that I am waiting for

The doctor who I want to see

And, for the waiting, need him more

Because whatever brought me there

For being somewhat ached or pained

If waiting’s part of my healthcare

It is my patience that is strained;

So patients, being what they are

For their impatience may get worse

For having to wait in so far

As they’d as soon talk to a nurse.

And being that’s the case I’d say,

For all the nurses that I see

They compensate for the delay

To which the Doc’s subjected me.

This may not be exactly what

A busy doctor has in mind,

But from what I can figure, that

Is, as a patient, what I find;

For care seems secondary to

The reason I am in this place,

For whatsoever they may do

Specifically to treat my case,

Whatever doctors may be for,

I think it’s fair enough to state,

That doctors are for nothing more

Than making patient patients wait.