Tom Dylan

The Man in the White Coat

I went down to the chemist 

to see about getting some cream

for a rash on my arm.

I joined the queue of people

and finally reached the front.

 

The pharmacist leaned over the counter

and asked what he could do for me.

I pulled up the sleeve of my anorak

and showed him my rash.

You should go and see your doctor, he said.

I rang them and they said to come here. I said.

Go back to them and tell them I sent you, he insisted. 

But they were quite adamant I come here,

I explained.

 

I know what I\'m talking about, 

the chemist said,

I\'m the one in the white coat.

I raised the sleeve of the anorak

I was wearing, also white.

I\'m wearing a white coat too, I said.

My coat suggests I study pharmacology, 

he said, while yours suggests

that it might rain later.