Pain

[Leanne]

You say you have a headache?  Tell me, sir,
is it behind your eyes, or from your neck?
Does it cause double vision, or a blur?
Just let me get my shinyscope to check –
I need to have a look inside your brain
and make sure it’s not full of Facebook crap
or Twitteration.  That stuff causes pain
of such extremes – now, mind the light, old chap,
it’s brighter than you’re used to.  Ah, I see,
there’s swelling on your liking node.  That’s bad.
It leads to bouts of gullibility,
but never mind, just click that banner ad.
You’ll soon be cured with this placebo pill –
it’s only affluenza.  Here’s your bill.

[Achebe]

You’ll soon be cured with this placebo pill –
it’s only affluenza.  Here’s your bill.

It's paid for by Medicare
some clueless wanker pays the invoice
for M. Munchausen, stripped bare
for a prostrate exam, entirely his choice,
because after ten whiskies out on the Coral sea
under the summer sun, he finds that he can't pee.

I was looking at my taxes, and found that most of it
goes to paying a politician's choice of tit
bought at an unregulated bordello.
Poor fellow - 
not he, me
(don't be a pill and say it should be 'I' - 
save Munchausen, he thinks he's about to die).

[RiverNotch]

Damn good stuff, Leanne! And now, I appreciate even more the fact that this site has neither (proper) ads nor like buttons -- if only I had anything to, er, donate. Maybe my toe?

Also, lol Achebe -- although why would a politician buy a bird from a bordello?

[just mercedes]

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