Seuss' charms never get old (entry in ed_grover's Aging Write-Off)
Pros:
Seuss rhymes and illustrations; wry humor
Cons:
The book's not covered by most HMOs. The review tries to rhyme.
The Bottom Line:
Aiming for an older audience, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) hits his mark delightfully.
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Author's Review
Doctors are everywhere
in this charming book.
Doctors for everything
and they all want to look.
One peers into eyes to see what's to see.
One gazes in ears to know what's to know.
There's a doctor to look just at your knee
and more than ten others, plus one for each toe.
An allergy doctor looks into your sneezes.
Another views food and examines your diet.
It's that one who learns what meal mostly pleases
and then recommends you not again try it.
These doctors they look and they poke and they prod
into and onto every bit of your bod.
And when they are done, you're not through, oh no no.
There's always another to whom you must go.
There's a doctor for this and one for that, too.
And then there's a doctor for each every other.
When you think you've seen all the doctors, plus two,
there's one who refers you to go see her brother.
In front of these doctors you get undressed
so each can tell you what they think is best.
And after they're through, if the fates are quite kind,
each piece of your clothing you'll be lucky to find.
But after you meet every doctor there be,
there are other people you have to go see.
Some give you medicines so orders are filled,
and others make sure you are "properly billed."
You're Only Old Once
the book cover bids.
It says this is only
for obsolete kids.
But really that's not
quite technically true.
If you've ever seen doctors,
then this book is for you.
If you think being a patient takes too much time,
these amusing pictures and effective rhyme
help make you realize it's not such a chore
to have experts take care of you, not like in yore.
The people who lived long ago before us
had none of our health care from doctors in chorus.
Seuss reminds us we really are blessed,
even if medicine is sometimes up messed.
And getting well's expensive, this book acknowledges.
Prescriptions and surgeries cost more than most colleges.
So perhaps this book could be an investment,
the little it costs maybe here is the best spent.
The best medicine, they say,
is just simple laughter.
Chuckling at Seuss can make
happilys here after.
Read this book when you're seventy,
the cover blurb states.
But for many fine people
that means very long waits.
And if you're already past seventy,
skip that limit too.
There's good counsel in this one,
even for you.
So if you like entertainment,
then what I advise
is read this book now.
It can open your eyes.
Read it soon
no matter your age
and you'll smile at something
on each every page.
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This review is a part of an Aging Write-Off hosted by ed_grover. It was planned to celebrate Older Americans Month in May, but Ed opened it up to everyone, anywhere, because of Americas reputation as a melting pot. We are celebrating the member diversity found on the Epinions.com site.
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Seuss drawings make his stories more fun.
Please use this space to draw yourself one.
