BEWILDERMENT

Dig this.
I am in the V.A. Hospital
Shooting the breeze
With a good looking
Grandma nurse.
Nothing in particular on my mind,
But she was as pretty
As a Georgia peach.
I merely drove a friend,
For a check up.
Grandma nurse
Was explaining to me
The purpose of the multicolored lines
  On the hallway floors.

The blue line goes to
X-ray
The red line goes to
Neurology
The yellow line goes to
Internal medicine.
The black line goes to
Prescriptions
The brown line goes to
Mental health
The green line goes to
The cafeteria.
We followed the green line
For a cup of coffee!

Most veterans
Are old codgers!
On our way back
Grandma nurse and I
Found four old codgers
Staring down at the multicolored
Lines in the hallway,
Confused and bewildered.
They did not know
Where they were going
Or what color line they
Were supposed to
To
Follow!

Grandma nurse
Had other fish to fry
And left me to help
My fellow codgers!
One by one,
We returned to admissions
Took a number,
Stood in line
To find out what color line
We should follow
To see their doctor, prescription or x-ray.
In the meantime my friend
Had made a date
With Grandma nurse!

Exiting Grandma nurse, my friend and I
Saw a multitude
Of veteran old codgers
Staring at the floor
Confused and bewildered.
Gran.…Oh, pardon me!
Nurse, what happens
If they miss their
 Appointments?
Oh, that’s all right
We just make them
Another appointment
They’ll just have to come back
Another day!