An Apple A Day

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

At least we were told that, way back in the day.

So I took one in lunches, and bobbed them in punches,

I sliced them, and diced them, and ate them in bunches.

I baked them and fried them, stewed them and juiced them,

I picked them and ate them, plumb down to their stems

As now I grow older, my faith seems to falter,

Try as I might, I still need the doctor.

And then to my shock, I researched apple stock,

and found that the orchards belonged to old doctors.

Mike Roberson