Advice From His Cardiologist Poem by Donal Mahoney

His cardiologist says
Fred's doing well
for a man of 80.
It won't be his heart
that kills him.
But he needs to
exercise more.

Fred goes home
and tells his wife
he needs to exercise more.
She reminds Fred
he can't get out of bed
without her help.
And her back she says
is a wolf howling.

So Fred sits down
and wiggles his toes
n his old recliner
and waits for the day
the hearse pulls up
and takes him away.