29 APRIL THE CLASS OF ’45

WAITING TIMES FOR DR DEATH HAVE BEEN CUT DRAMATICALLY

ELDERLY PATIENTS WHO MIGHT HAVE SPENT YEARS IN 24 HOUR TRIAGE CENTRES ARE CALLED TO SEE THE DOCTOR WITHOUT DELAY   

ON A GOOD DAY HE’S ASSISTED BY SISTER MORPHINE   WHEN SHE’S NOT AVAILABLE  SOME PATIENTS MAY FEEL AS IF THEY ARE DROWNING     

CARE HOMES DID NOT APPEAR AS ‘DEATH PITS’ IN DIARY FOR TIMOTHY  THE 75-YEAR-OLD FILM THAT PROJECTED BRITIAN’S REBIRTH AS A WELFARE STATE    

ADDRESSED AS IF TO A BABE NEWBORN   WHEN WAR WAS DRAWING TO A CLOSE       

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?  THE TIMOTHYS TO BE PROTECTED FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE  

CONCEIVED AFTER A KNEE TREMBLER ON VE NIGHT  OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN YOUNG WHEN KENNEDY WAS SHOT   

TAKEN INTO CARE & LINED UP IN COMFY CHAIRS    

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SOLDIERS AND SITTING DUCKS

WISHING THAT CARE HOMES WILL NOT HAVE TO CARRY ON WITHOUT DUE CARE AND ATTENTION  

YOURS TRULY  

THE NEWS POET