Very recently, due to the Corona Virus pandemic, various hospitals dropped their parking charges, which previously had been astronomically high. If this is a permanent move, it is very much welcomed and the following poem is out of date. If it is just a temporary fix, the text below is valid.
THE HOSPITAL CAR PARK
The hospital car park today
Is invariably ‘Pay and Display,‘
If you don’t buy a ticket
And dutifully stick it,
Your car will be clamped straight away.
If you’ve just crawled in off your sick-bed
Or your head’s hanging on by a thread,
There is still no respite,
Be it morn, noon or night,
You must pay and display - or you’re dead!
Yet if you’re a nurse or a cleaner,
You pay too - which is even obscener.
Yes, it’s all a bit thick
For the ill-paid or sick
And it’s all getting meaner and meaner.
Maggie Smart
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