WHAT'S MY BLOOD PRESSURE?

One twenty
Over
Eighty

Twenty four
Seven
Three sixty five

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HIATUS

They want to operate,
But I don't think it's necessary.

We've reached a hiatus
Over my hernia.

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PLAQUE

I thought I had plague.
But it was just the dentist’s handwriting.

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NEW HOSPITAL NEEDED

Sars
Gulf War Syndrome
Mad Cow Disease
Repetitive Strain Injury
Deep vein thrombosis

New hospital needed
For topical diseases

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FRIENDS LIKE THAT

I have become attached
To a particular laxative.
And with friends like that, who needs enemas?

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LOCAL ANAESTHETIC

They asked me if
I wanted
A local anaesthetic

I replied that
Anywhere within
A half-hour drive
Was fine

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HUE AND CRY

It might be yellow fever.
It might be scarlet fever.
It might be black death.
It might be red measles.
It might be my white blood cells.
Or it might be I'm just off colour.

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