A Bag Full of Maggots

Just got back from seeing the vascular surgeon - stump wound healing becoming problematic - The solution inspired this poem:

A Bag Full of Maggots - - - - - by David Macleod

Our health service is thoroughly modern
Advanced computers ultramodern
Robots teaching surgery
Increasing use of technology
Ultra violet laser beams
Space-age work or so it seems
Their still a bunch of rattle shakers
Witch like spell and potion makers
Quacks that blow smoke up you arse
My medical treatment now a farce
I hear you cry what's the snag
They’ve offered me maggots in a bag
To crunch and chomp and slowly chew
To turn my scar a different hue
Wriggling as they eat their fill
To stop my wound from going downhill
They offered me this low tech fix
It will work, my Doc predicts
I promise trying not to gag
As they apply,
Hungry maggots in a bag