The Surgery Poem by David Wood
The Surgery
'Tis a modern surgery
But the waiting room
Chairs are sad
With the tiredness
Patients feel
Waiting
The drip drip drip
Of the clock
And the in-house
Messages on
A wall screen
Add to the weariness
After an eternity you
Are called and
Tests are made
Prescriptions
Made
And they like you so
Much they want
You to come back
Then you disappear
Back into the dull
Cold afternoon
As if nothing happened
drip, drip! ? In U.S. I'll say tick, tick : ) bri As in my previous comment, I feel this 'Surgery' means a doctor's office, NOT a place where medical operations/surgeries are performed (usually) . bri
Yes, tick, tick is what you'd say in America, but as a poetical expression I was thinking of Salvador Dali's Melting Clocks and 'tip' seemed to drip, drip like a dripping tap. Poetry is another art form just as the impressionist artists were like Dali.
ALERT: In the U.K. 'surgery' often has 'the meaning of the place where a GP works. In Australia and New Zealand, the place where a GP works is more often called a ‘Medical Centre' or ‘Clinic' or even just ‘Doctors'.' [ G.P. = general practitioner doctor ]
Yes, there are many terms to use to 'see the doctor'. I chose surgery as my medical centre carries out a wide variety of non invasive tests and treatments.
David, you've perfectly summed up the hospital atmosphere. However, last year I had surgery for the very first time...and I feel like a totally new person. I'll take that totally dismal atmosphere any day for a new lease on life!
True picture of surgery room.I really dislike and try my best to avoid visiting hospital because of the boring waiting.Nicely written poem really.
Powerful words....because as you go from one to the the next, you creep closer to truth.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/2/2024 3:31:46 AM # 1.0.0.1119
I can sense the drip.drp.drip sound of the clock.