Snooze and Play

As nurses, the day comes when we see the person who announces their badge of  "Disability", waving it proudly, as if they served in some kind of liberating war. I am not talking about those actual military veterans, but rather, those persons who regale us with their stories of medical problems, and how, they can't possibly work any kind of job, because they are disabled.

To me, it's like the folks that stand at the Freeway-ramps, begging with a sign, and they have two good arms, two functional legs, they are not blind or deaf, and in other words,  they seem able and functional enough, to perform some kind of labor so they are contributing to society (and possibly the economy), rather than sucking down resources like a storm drain. No, they would rather snooze and play.

Snooze and Play

Here's what I discovered

When I examined your medical file,

You've been alive for 50 years

But you've been dying for a while,

You can place some of the blame

On each beloved parent,

But please, examine your lifestyle

It is decidedly aberrant.

Genetics certainly played a part

But you abused, as well,

Heart repairs times three now

And you quit the drugs from Hell,

You laugh and joke and talk too much

Are you fourteen going on fifty?,

What a carefree life you lead now

Seems you love it, it's so nifty.

And another thing, my friend

Are you working, and why not?

Oh, I'm on permanent disability

Good looking, and I'm hot,

You could ask my lovely wifey

But she's working hard today,

After all, we need her income

So I can snooze and play.

I'm only 50 years old

My wife's best friend is my driver,

She tells me Jesus loves me

She's my right-hand, pal-advisor,

Sitting at my side in bed

Acting like, my loving wife,

Who is hard at work in the Nursing home

As I whistle on my fife.

What is wrong with this picture?

Nurse-me, I ask the wall,

I have a best-friend transplant recipient

Working hard as a nurse, and all,

While Joe Bob with his heart repairs

Sure looks like he could work; it's a fact,

Another abuser of medical welfare

His disability is surely an act.

Fibril_late,

4/11/13