His joints hurt
to which he said,
“I’ve been thrown
out of better joints
than this.”
His butt hurt
to which he said,
“I quit smoking
years ago.”
His head hurt
to which he said,
“I’ve always wanted
to get ahead.”
His lungs hurt
to which he said,
“Breathe on me,
breath of God.”
His eye hurt
to which he said,
“I’ve got my eye
on you, doc.”
To which his
doc said,
“You only have
one eye.”
To which he
said,
“Oh, right.”
To which the
doc said,
“Correct,”
and then added,
“Happy 76th
birthday.”
To which he said,
“Do I hear trombones?”
To which
the doc said,
“I’ve ordered a hearing
test for you.”
“Say what!”