General Poetry posted February 19, 2023

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Tumor Humor

When one ponders unplumbed humor,

a source, of course, would be a tumor;

within a skull of flesh and bone,

my brain does not reside alone.

Doctors said I had a growth,

but due to Hippocratic oath,

they thought just to leave it there,

and I find a new hat to wear.

The doctors wondered, "Ought we tell him?'

it's resting twixt the cerebellum,

and my spiffy spinal cord:

Make a nick -- meet the Lord.

My wife told them to go ahead,

since the choice was dumb or dead;

they operated -- now I'm free

to live the life of celery.

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