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Need to Know
by Tony Thorne MBE → (All Poetry by Tony Thorne MBE)
Monday, September 11, 2017    Rated "PG" by the Author.
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Doctor to worried patient.

NEED TO KNOW

We've checked everything
you seem about okay
This is your chart
See those wavy lines?
They tell us all about you
Everything's almost normal
Mostly? Well yes
apart from this line here
an occasional brief departure
from the norm ...

Nothing serious really
as long as you don't overdo it
It's what we call a slight murmur
If you're careful
to avoid stress situations
don't get into any arguments
or physically exert yourself
more than necessary
You could live with it
for quite a long time

Maybe even longer
if you didn't ...
aa ... aaAA... arrggGGGGHHHHH!
know about it

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 Reviews of "Need to Know"
Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on September 13, 2017
Would I want, or not want to know? That is the question.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 12, 2017
Made me laugh at the end. The title immediately had me humming the tune to, "I Need to Know." Until I read and realized that it was something that doctors have said to me all my life about my heart murmur that has turned out to be "a lot of ado about nothing."

Ron


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