THE LUMP

THE LUMP

(To Inguinal Hernia sufferers everywhere)

On my person

Sits a lump,

I can’t call him

Much of a friend.

He swells up

Very occasionally,

 And drives me around

The bend.

He resides in

A personal region,

I’ll need him removed

By the knife.

So please Mr. Surgeon

Have a steady hand,

I’d still like to have

 A sex life.

But, if you

Can take away the pain,

And leave the swelling

That’d be an improvement of sorts.

The suffering

It has given me,

Can be repaid in kind,

By improving how I look in my shorts.

Phil Hall  April 2013