'OL DOC BY THE BEACH'
by Judy Joy Jones
         

ol doc by the beach

shuffled his

crippled feet

down the hall

an stood

next to me


"holly can 

you give

me a hand"


his wife 

gently 

touched my 

back that

hurt so bad


the ol doc 

popped

my neck

never sayin

a word

an slowly shuffled

back down da hall


i could walk again

with no pain

an all he charged me

was ten dollars


the going rate

of other doctors nearby

was two hundred dollars


'why are you so cheap'

i asked

the ol doc by the beach


"i was in the war

an a bomb injured 

my feet'


"doctors wanted

cut em off

but i said

no way"


"the good lord 

still has work for me

an i will be needing

my feet"

 
ill never forget

the ol doc

by the beach


who showed me

what true

compassion means


oh yeah

the ol doc by the beach

showed me what

compassion really means


an the sounds 

of his shufflin feet 

will be with

me thru eternity


ol doc 

by the beach

with shuffling feet


c jj 2020

        Judy Joy Jones Art