Enter a hospital and a cacophony
of sounds assails,
From a nurse’s quick ‘sh’ to a newborn
baby’s wail.
Brr - is when a new mum lies cold in the
operating room and also of a dentist’s drill,
Pit-a-pat of the heart when a doctor takes
your pulse and the rain on the window sill,
Tick tock is heard from the clock in the hall
and the strident stiletto heels of a visitor,
Whee - the sound of the ambulance siren and a
young girl when discharged by her doctor,
Aah - say the proud grandparents at babe’s wide
yawn and you at the prick of the needle,
Aargh - dad jerks in revulsion as he changes dirty
diapers and so do I at the bill from the hospital,
of sounds assails,
From a nurse’s quick ‘sh’ to a newborn
baby’s wail.
Brr - is when a new mum lies cold in the
operating room and also of a dentist’s drill,
Pit-a-pat of the heart when a doctor takes
your pulse and the rain on the window sill,
Tick tock is heard from the clock in the hall
and the strident stiletto heels of a visitor,
Whee - the sound of the ambulance siren and a
young girl when discharged by her doctor,
Aah - say the proud grandparents at babe’s wide
yawn and you at the prick of the needle,
Aargh - dad jerks in revulsion as he changes dirty
diapers and so do I at the bill from the hospital,
Wheeze - is the chain-smoker’s regret, an asthmatic’s
breath and an overloaded hydraulic machine,
Hmm, the doctor looks distracted at a patient’s chart,
and that's my relieved sigh as I leave with a grin.
breath and an overloaded hydraulic machine,
Hmm, the doctor looks distracted at a patient’s chart,
and that's my relieved sigh as I leave with a grin.
