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“Doctor’s Shadow”

I became a doctor’s shadow for a day.
From start to end, I did stay.
I got to see a lot of what I’ll do;
Even learned a new thing or two.

Few, if any, are the brief breaks
In the life of a practicing doctor;
Into the CDC go all required reports.

Nurses and office managers are supports.
In the office, they are very important.
You make with them your doctor’s appointment.

I must thank the doctor I shadowed.
She works hard all day long, I saw.
I must say I’m very much in awe.

I enjoyed being the doctor’s shadow for a day.
Maybe I’ll have a shadow someday.

Megan Delia Ratcliff

14 November 1996