Doctor's Office

[philo]

7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am

YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.

and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.

and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.

"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
He could only reply:
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

[NancyGene]

Post by philo
7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.
and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.
and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

What is the meaning of all the Y's? Yes's, why's?

In the second stanza, we think that you should cut some of the description of the sound coming to you down the hallway, as that id overly detailed and doesn't really add to the punchline of the last two lines. We do like the repeat of the wife having all the answers.

The poem just needs to be tightened a bit.

[philo]

Post by NancyGene

Post by philo
7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.
and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.
and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

What is the meaning of all the Y's? Yes's, why's?
In the second stanza, we think that you should cut some of the description of the sound coming to you down the hallway, as that id overly detailed and doesn't really add to the punchline of the last two lines. We do like the repeat of the wife having all the answers.
The poem just needs to be tightened a bit.

Wrote it in 1986 so am not sure why all the 'Y's" except maybe to
represent the echoey hall.


Will tighten things up when I do the next edit, thanks

[Zod]

Post by NancyGene

Post by philo
7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.
and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.
and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

What is the meaning of all the Y's? Yes's, why's

No shit, Sherlock.....

[Will Dockery]

Post by philo
7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.
and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.
and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

Another nice "time capsule" piece, Philo.

[philo]

Post by Will Dockery

Post by philo
7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.
and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.
and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

Another nice "time capsule" piece, Philo.

Thanks.

So weird revisiting 1986

[Will Dockery]

Post by philo

Post by Will Dockery

Post by philo
7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.
and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.
and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

Another nice "time capsule" piece, Philo.

Thanks.
So weird revisiting 1986

I know that weird feeling so well.

Here I was with my family in October 1986:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BS9kUezjAJN/

[Rocky]

Post by Will Dockery

Post by philo

Post by Will Dockery

Post by philo
7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.
and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.
and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

Another nice "time capsule" piece, Philo.

Thanks.
So weird revisiting 1986

I know that weird feeling so well.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BS9kUezjAJN/

Good times, I was in the Navy at that point.....

[Will Dockery]

Post by Rocky

Post by Will Dockery

Post by philo

Post by Will Dockery

Post by philo
7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.
and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.
and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

Another nice "time capsule" piece, Philo.

Thanks.
So weird revisiting 1986

I know that weird feeling so well.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BS9kUezjAJN/

Good times, I was in the Navy at that point.....

Yes, I just came across a 1987 issue of Comic Update with your cover art of Charles Bronson, I'll post a scan later.

[Rocky]

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Rocky

Post by Will Dockery

Post by philo

Post by Will Dockery

Post by philo
7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.
and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.
and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

Another nice "time capsule" piece, Philo.

Thanks.
So weird revisiting 1986

I know that weird feeling so well.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BS9kUezjAJN/

Good times, I was in the Navy at that point.....

Yes, I just came across a 1987 issue of Comic Update with your cover art of Charles Bronson, I'll post a scan later.

Love to see it....

[Rocky]

Post by Will Dockery

Post by philo
7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.
and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.
and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

Another nice "time capsule" piece, Philo.

Enjoyed a second read....

[philo]

Thanks.

I think Nancy said I should clean it up.

I saved a 2nd copy with one line removed and I also took out the y's.

Going to keep it without the line but still wondering about the y's.

Maybe I should as "the boss."

[Zod]

Post by philo
Thanks.
I think Nancy said I should clean it up.
I saved a 2nd copy with one line removed and I also took out the y's.
Going to keep it without the line but still wondering about the y's.
Maybe I should as "the boss."

The YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYs work like a sound effect.....

[i***@gmail.com]

Post by philo
7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.
and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.
and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

Excellent.

[philo]

Post by i***@gmail.com

Post by philo
7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.
and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.
and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

Excellent.

Thank you!

[Rocky]

Post by i***@gmail.com

Post by philo
7 nov 1986 6 37 ¼ am
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited.
On my book,
chapter 37,
the same as my age.
By the time they were done,
I was on chapter 45,
the same as my age.
and while I was there
I heard the voices quite distinctly,
distantly,
guided down the hallway,
directed clearly through the distance
unimpeded in that unbaffled,
undamped chamber.
The voices channeled like microwaves
through a waveguide...
right to my ears.
Though the hallway was long,
I could clearly hear him ask
about her birth control pills.
And her kidding reply.
and the old man's nose
was still bleeding
while he Alzheimerly wandered the
halls
looking for his wife...
who had all the answers.
He could no longer think for himself,
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least,
where to find the answers to life's mysteries.
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?"
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face,
And even though the old man could sense it,
They just told me to sit here.
I don't know the answers,
You better ask my wife.

Excellent.

Agreed and seconded...

[Will-Dockery]

7 nov 1986 6 37 Πa
YY YYYYYYYYYYYyyYYYYYY
yesterday I walked in and waited
On my book
chapter 37
the same as my age
By the time they were done
I was on chapter 45
the same as my age
and while I was ther
I heard the voices quite distinctly
distantly
guided down the hallway
directed clearly through the distanc
unimpeded in that unbaffled
undamped chamber
The voices channeled like microwave
through a waveguide..
right to my ears
Though the hallway was long
I could clearly hear him as
about her birth control pills
And her kidding reply
and the old man's nos
was still bleedin
while he Alzheimerly wandered th
hall
looking for his wife..
who had all the answers
He could no longer think for himself
he, like a good schoolboy knew, at least
where to find the answers to life's mysteries
"And what seems to be your problem today sir?
And though the doctor could see blood all over his face
And even though the old man could sense it
He could only reply
They just told me to sit here
I don't know the answers
You better ask my wife

Good one


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