Jernail S Aanand "A PATIENT AT THE LITERARY CLINIC"

A patient who fainted on hearing
Of recent tragedies
Was taken to a
Literary Clinic.

He was touched very deeply
And swooned.
The doctor was in a fix
He had a life saving drug
Which had to be administered IV

But it could have an adverse effect also
Sending the senses of the patient
Out of the boundary

Finding the patient is dying,
And in severe pain,
The doctor decided
He needs an intravenous injection.

What is the prescription?
The doctor replied:
He needs an injection of
The West Wind by Shelley.

Is it not possible to give him some tablets?
Injection may have a reaction.
Isn't it dangerous?
If he turns a revolutionary?

The doctor looked at the patient's father
And said:
Yes, we have a prosaic treatment too.
We can administer him fiction,
And he will recover in six months.

Take 40 doses of Great Expectations by Dickens
From the Dispensary
He should read two pages in the morning,
Two before lunch, and two after dinner
For six months.

The doctor further said:
Fiction also heals,
But it is a long drawn out treatment,
And costly also.

There was a banner on the
Wall of the Clinic;

If you want immediate results,
Go for Poetry IV.

Jernail S Aanand