tiddle tattle tays to put you off

they claim the lungs and passageways

and go out on a cough

pretending the power of organ stops

have I mentioned the common cough?

bundle em up

with their measuring cup

and tell them all to cough off

ear nose and throat!

what images appear?

afflictions and fear

and specialist career

when they pull your leg it gets on your goat

I am quite well pleased with my ear nose and throat

lungs are in fact beautiful devices

imagine you are there

where delight of opera and symphony entices

vibrating in the tributaries of resonating air

ah the grandure miss jones of a heart !

attacks go at the back please

file the wonder at the start

allegretto when you speed

and lento to a lesser need

it regulates and stimulates

when needed

every part

when attempting shrill notes for the chorus line

in a pas de deux or a look at me stand

the hands that made the set design

no myths can hope to countermand

throaty, stills, nose and lung! on tour

into air flung overture

notwithstanding my herein aforementioned non viral view

you would wait for interval to cough

wouldn't you

copyright bob tatnell 2004

australia's most niggly poet