hippocratic oath

after complications and microsurgery separating foreign twins

the doctor's untainted simple heart unfurled

"this shows we can work together

is my message to the world"

the action of saving lives where there was no real chance before

the doctor must perplex at the wider scene

where wars are fought as armchair sport

as he creates life where devastation's been

in the time it took to operate to separate those twins

the doctor quietly calculates the cost

three hundred and thirty three soldiers

four thousand men, women and children were lost

now we call on this doctor and others of similar consternation

please speak to the world of your needs

tell them of the heartache of losing just one case

and plant universal hippocratic oath seeds

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