Medical Haiku

Medical Haiku

Poetry of the body

It is depressing

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They want your body

They will get your wisdom teeth

Goodbye appendix

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Where did your hair go?

Can’t ignore your hernia

What is a prostate?

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I have a tooth ache

But dentistry is a fraud

Will it cure itself?

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Thank you for waiting

You did a good job waiting

You can wait in here

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You have no symptoms

But I must probe your anus

There is nothing wrong

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I have some bad news

You have just three days to live

Wait — Your name is Jones?

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Remember your childhood?

Everything we doctors said?

We were wrong back then.