Herbert Nehrlich 2 - Bargain

Hear ye, hear ye,
news in from CNN
poor bugger's ticker failed
again,
two days was all,
clean sheets
and friendly staff,
the bill breaks down
as follows,
please let silence speak:
There was some change
left from two hundred thousand grand,
twas for the great device
they call DE-FIB,
the balance was
a rather paltry $ forty-four
for two small pills,
the name is widely known
as Lipitor,
now who would be so kind
to look at the new math,
the wage called minimum
in that great land called USA
amounts to roughly eight,
that's dollars for the work
of one entire hour,
but worry not,
the patient still is young,
pre-tax he'll pay it off
(I am quite confident)
in 12,
hard labour for a cause.

Herbert Nehrlich 2

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