Do No Harm Poem by Donal Mahoney

Do No Harm



Alvin didn't want to be
anybody else.
He didn't want to be
himself either.
Money wasn't a problem.
He loved his wife and kids.
Doctors said he
wasn't depressed.
Maybe a hobby
would help.
One suggested golf.
Another chess.
The time has come,
Alvin wrote in his journal.
A bullet would be messy
and poison painful.
So Alvin flew to Holland.
A doctor gave him a pill.

Saturday, May 7, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: depression,doctor,suicide
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kim Barney 09 May 2016

He should have taken up chess instead! (The best game ever invented.) I love the poem, but don't like to think about the ending.

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