A MEDICAL DATE: award winner

A MEDICAL DATE


Memories of the first date,
Though often cherished are,
My first date happened to be
Rather a bit bizarre.

It was a blind date and she
Turned out double my age,
A spinster out to trap a
Teenager in love maze.

She ordered coffee without
Sugar, it so turned out.
Middle age diabetes
She had, without a doubt.

With my medical knowledge,
In spite of all her tact,
That she was on insulin,
She could not hide the fact.

Anxious and agitated,
I found her all the time.
When she perspired and fainted,
Alarm bells did then chime.

I knew that she was in a
Hypoglycemic shock.
Rather than her beau charming,
I had to act as doc!


• Written in abcb, 7-6-7-6 syllabic format

• Awarded third place and awardicon on 18 February, 2008 in the Broken Heart Poetry Contest, "Invalid Item" , 6th round

* Featured as Editor’s choice in Romance / Love Newsletter dated 21 February 2008


M C Gupta, MD
15 July 2007