A Waiting List

Cherry

By luigi_pagano

Sat, 07 Aug 2021
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If the pandemic
did not exist
I wouldn't be
on the waiting list
for all the things
and services I need.
I could see a doctor
for my nosebleed
or a specialist
to treat a cyst.
 
I know that delays
at the dentist persist
and cannot have
an appointment
until at the earliest,
the month of December.
 
The same applies
to my oculist,
a great tactician
at changing his title.
(Used to be an optician,
I seem to remember,
but now call himself
an optometrist.)
 
I didn't realise how quickly
time passes:
it will be a long time
before I have new glasses.
Playing second fiddle
to the dreaded epidemic
has become a formality,
It's Utopian to hope for
a return to normality.
 
 
© Luigi Pagano 2021
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Comments

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Oh Luigi, you have written wonderfully how so many must feel! Often problems don't seem seriious enough, but added up make life an uncomfortable struggle. I find it a bit frightening knowing it is so hard to see anyone these days. I hope you manage till December

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

I agree, Di. Taken in isolation those drawbacks don't amount to much and we can cope with the inconvenience but the problems intensify if they accumulate. Actually, I managed to see the dentist for the extraction of a broken tooth but my wife who needs a tooth filling can't get a booking at all now or in the near future. Too many other patients waiting to catch up.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by marandina on

There's that trademark, Luigi rhythm again. I called my dentist a few weeks ago to make an appointment for a check up as they were finally open again for routine procedures. January 2022 I am booked in for!

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

I sympathise, Paul. See my comment to Di regarding new appointments. Cheer up.

Best, Luigi.

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Ah those situations! I can see the optomitris yes but stuck without driver's licence 113 years already they dint trust me behind a steering wheel. Dont know why?

Lucky I dont drink that wioould be an f.up.

All the best Liugi! Tom B.

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Aye Tom. We seem to be in the same boat, one way or another, all waiting to receive the required attention.

Keep well, Luigi.

 

Submitted by forest_for_ever on

Time can be both an enemy and a friend.  I thank you for this beautiful poem.

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

How nice hearing from you, Graham. Thank you for reading and for your kind appreciation.

Best wishes, Luigi.