This patient suffers under the delusion he is a poet; doctors hold out no hope for a cure.
I've been in debt to doctors all my life it seems to me;
From babies to their acne -- now my colonoscopy.
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Some clinics have been patient and have given me a break;
but others are so ruthless they would shame a cobra snake.
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They've called me up at breakfast; they have called at midday meal;
they knock upon my door at night, so my repose they steal.
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Even with insurance and that good old Medicaid,
those medical collectors treat me like a renegade.
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They threaten with foreclosure and the repo of my car;
they try to take my salary (hah! that won't get them far.)
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Talk about your pound of flesh; they'd also like my liver
unless a couple thou today I promise to deliver.
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I've moved and changed my phone number and from now on I'll tarry
not with doctors anymore but reps from mortuaries.
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