We heard the very latest in opiate technology
We understood the pain bit
But not the physiology.
We were keen to keep our hands in,
So learnt of prostaglandin;
But weren’t antagonists and agonists
Those aunts in magazines I missed.

Yes we’ve had another lecture
Of lifeless, listless lethargy.
Enough to give a headache to those of us in A&E-
From a fervent pharmacologist
(I wish the hour I had missed)
For my brain is now narcotic cos…
He’s boring and I’ve nodded off.