Here, have a poem.

[minoanmiss]

A Tribute to Dr. Murison

Success to the good and skilful Dr Murison,
For golden opinions he has won
From his patients one and all,
And from myself, McGonagall.

He is very skilful and void of pride;
He was so to me when at my bedside,
When I turned badly on the 25th of July,
And was ill with inflammation, and like to die.

He told me at once what was ailing me;
He said I had been writing too much poetry,
And from writing poetry I would have to refrain,
Because I was suffering from inflammation on the brain.

And he has been very good to me in my distress,
Good people of Dundee, I honestly confess,
And to all his patients as well as me
Within the Royal city of Dundee.

He is worthy of the public’s support,
And to his shop they should resort
To get his advice one and all;
Believe me on him ye ought to call.

He is very affable in temper and a skilful man,
And to cure all his patients he tries all he can;
And I wish him success for many a long day,
For he has saved me from dying, I venture to say;
The kind treatment I received surpasses all
Is the honest confession of McGonagall.

-- William McGonagall

Comments

[dine]

I never knew writing poetry caused inflammation on the brain! probably a good thing I never did much than mess about with haiku which is likely too short to cause much damage

[jadelennox]

OMG WILLIAM MCGONAGALL IS THE BEST.

Wait, i mean worst. Definitely the worst.

...
I must now conclude my lay
By telling the world fearlessly without the least dismay,
That your central girders would not have given way,
At least many sensible men do say,
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses,
At least many sensible men confesses,
For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed.

[hitchhiker]

got to love him :D

[cmcmck]

You can never go wrong with William Topaz! :o)

[mific]

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W. McGonagall: Aha!

[oracne]

LOL!

[amaebi]

One does picture the doctor as affable (and extremely patient).

[oracne]

This is hilarious.

[lunabee34]

I was just reading an article from the nineties in Parnassus about how this guy is the best worst poet ever. LOL

[cmcmck]

But he managed to make a living at it.

Interesting, that! :o)

[lunabee34]

He did!

The article is "Inverse Genius: On the Greatness of William McGonagall" by Thomas M. Disch in Parnassus vol 24 no 1 pp 198-211 in case any one is interested. It also includes a couple of cartoons of dubious quality IMHO about McGonagall (pp 197 and 208) by Dave Morice.