Small, Chinese porcelain like doll –
I want to take this lovely home.
But it happens she’s a doctor
And I, with my sins, her patient.
***
Beep insistent and annoying;
Out of sync with my neighbour’s beat –
No rescue for my aching head
After the restaurant’s bloody floor.
***
Released early (good behaviour?)
So this show is back on the road.
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Doggerel Dave (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Sudden immediate blackout. How, why? “It happens.” Clearly I’m at one of medicine’s many frontiers.
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Good to hear from you my friend but it seems that you survived the hospital. Don't worry china dolls break too easy.
Cheers Soren. Quick off the mark as usual. Glad to see nothing much has changed.
Everything changes yet everything stays the same Dave
Right then...
Take it easy.😜
Glad to have you back. Hope there aren’t any debilitating after effects🕊️🤧
Hardly any - a seven stitch scar at back of head plus shaved surrounding area. So today a very severe haircut and I'll wear a beanie through winter, if any arrives...🤔
7! Oh, dear. I had a 3-er on the left side above the ear. Glad to hear you are better. 🕊️🙏
Now it is all unpacking, washing shopping and doctors appt (flu shot) Oh the excitement of it all...
How a day can be so filled without our having to invoke or coax a single thing!
Yes, good wishes to you.
Nope, nothing much has changed - Sir Orchi still as NS as ever! lol.
I wonder what your school reports were like 'must try harder'? But perhaps yours wasn't a bad strategy, if it kept you away as an observer of all that 1066 malarkey.
I sincerely hope that all is well with you Dave.
Andy
Not too dusty really Andy, considering a month in hospital was enough to finish me off... but I survived!
All is cool now - which is more, evidently, than can be said for your current situation, if the news is to be believed...
Glad you are OK Dave.
Yes the weather is so hot I just cannot stand it and am doing very little except trying to keep cool. As I say to people once the temperature goes above 15 degrees I start moaning, it it double that at present.
Andy
My mother used to say - you can't trust a man while ever he can blow out a candle.
Might be a couple of bucks left in the old nag, yet?
I like to think so. Now where did I put that candle?
So the doctor was hot to trot, but you couldn't convince her to go home to your cot.
Take it the hospital food is still crap, and the local Chinese delivered.
Good to see the show back on the road.
And that just about sums it up nicely, Paul - many thanks.
Dave, what struck me most is the way the poem mirrors the experience itself. Fragments, sudden transitions, unanswered questions, and then the dry humor of "Released early (good behaviour?)" at the end. Knowing this came from a sudden blackout makes the whole piece feel even more immediate. Beautifully done, my friend. Hope all is well and no more blackouts have dropped in on you. 😬 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Hey Tristan. One more pillar of stability at MPS remains in place. Thanks for the generous affirmation.
Had similar some 20 - 30 years ago, so if it recurs at the same frequency, I feel fairly confident I'm safe.
Get well soon Dave. Good to have you back.
Sincerely - Syd
Cheers Syd.
Give us a song, please (not me personally - the whole of MPS!)
I actually have a one written. It's for my friends son. I have the lyrics and audio complete but it's been too hot to sit at my PC. The video will be another 2-3 days if I crack on with it. Cheers Dave.
Can't do it under a cold shower? LOL
Glad to have you back, with your poems and responses no way dimmed by the sudden blackout..
but do take care, and stay safe - glad the Chinese doll helped you to your feet, and sent you home while you were still on your best [?] behavior..God bless
Beginning to believe you know me a little too well...
Thanks for your attention to detail !
Take care.
lol - stay safe please - care for self
This say's an awful lot more than a cursory squint .. I have therefore considered it much more fully and & keeping my fingers crossed for a full & speedy recovery plus a quick fix that lasts a very long time .. Neville 😎🤞
Thanks Neville. Unfortunately my first Doc decided to spread her favours and didn’t stay… Just when I needed her most… communication levels not high thereafter, so the term ‘Syncope’ did not appear during conversations until it bobbed up in a discharge summary.
Thanks for your input – I would have been happy with more, but all….folks….have their schedules… 😜
Three sharp vignettes—each one like a snapped fragment of a larger breakdown, held together by dark wit and restraint.
What hits hardest is the way humor and damage sit side by side, like they’ve learned to share the same room without talking.
No other way - I've been laughing at myself as well as the situations I find myself in for a very long time, and now I'm still at it.
Thanks for the call, Thomas.
The levity in this poem is very much you - even though our interaction hasn't been tell-all, this poem definitely reflects your personality through and through. Objectively, it reads as though disguising actual fear and memories rather forgotten through japes and elbow-jabbing. A very good read. I am so sorry you went through this though and I hope you are doing well 🖤
Great to hear from you, Anna. Proof that life hasn't ground you down completely.
I'm fine, though echoes of my month's hospital stay still linger; visits baring hospital referrals to multiple specialists,, mountains of washing which owing to rain every other day refuses to dry (please don't mention a dryer !). Now the proud owner of a close fitting beanie to cover a large scar, back of head. Cool outside ('sorry about that - our winter) so able to wear with a certain bravado... and so on but getting there (wherever that might be....)
Ha! Love the response. It's very ironic actually, my dad has just come out of hospital after a 2 week stay too - eerie! Very glad you are still in good spirits 😊😊😊
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