-- a poem by our friend and supporter Dr. Leo Rebello
At the Quack Conference organised
By Quackery International
There were more than 10,000 quacks
All paid for by the "phamous" (p)harmaceuticals
I can repair your brain quack,
I can repair your heart quack,
I can repair your kidneys quack,
I can replace your knee quack,
I can operate your piles quack,
I can treat your pimples quack.
Quack-quack they did all morning
Then they all broke for lunch.
Over the lunch they did more quack-quack
With colas, beers and dead goats,
Chickens and ducks. Till a spoil-sport
Vegetarian quack reminded them that
They may get Bird Flu if they ate dead birds
Injected by Tamy Flu.
Afternoon session of quacks
Consisted of further quack-quack.
First spoke Cancer quack,
Then spoke Diabetes quack,
Then spoke Hypertension quack.
The Asthma quack carried his
Pump and went on quack, quack, quack
Till a young quack snatched
His pump to make him stop his quack.
At the Valedictory session spoke a
Spiritually evolved quack of
Body, Mind and Spirit Holism.
But the "spare parts dealers" not accustomed
To such quack started walking away
Uttering quack-quack, quack-quack.
Here a quack, there a quack
Everywhere a quack-quack
Sang the slum children outside
The Quack-Quack conference venue.