Pillage

by Lyle Hatcher
(Co-author Different Drummers)

I sat down with a friend of mine the other day for lunch. Before the meal arrived he took out a pill tin. It was a colorful sight with blue, red, orange, purple, and a few combo mixes.

"What are all those for?" I questioned.

"One is for my blood pressure, one is for my cholesterol, one is for my thyroid, one is for my heartburn, and the last is for...for my...either my calcium or my pancreas."

"How many do you take a day?" I asked.

"Altogether I take fifteen pills a day," he said proudly.

"The pharmaceutical companies must love you," I commented.

He laughed and said, "I guess you could say I'm a walking advertisement."

I looked at him and then back at all those pills and proclaimed, "I couldn't agree with you more!"