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Torn Meniscus

Los Angeles Times readers submitted their views in verse for a feature dedicated to opinion poetry.
Los Angeles Times readers submitted their views in verse for a feature dedicated to opinion poetry.
(Anthony Russo / For The Times )
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ObamaCare, ObamaCare,

you really are no fun.

My employer can’t afford you,

and my medical plan is done.

ObamaCare, ObamaCare,

you surely are no joke.

My working hours have been cut,

my bank account is broke.

ObamaCare, ObamaCare,

you’ll make me pay a fee.

My doctor says he’s going to quit.

Now, who will fix my knee ?

The author is a retired elementary school teacher living in Anaheim Hills.

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