Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Enchanted and Eloped

"...she was a blessing to her patients..."

Enchanted and Eloped

she was short and slender
her voice vivid and tender

it beamed an invisible smile
infectious even from a mile

she was a blessing to her patients
as she treated them like her parents

she told them high blood was manageable
with diet and lifestyle changes -- all was doable

one day one foreign suitor charmed away the adorable
the one doctor whose services poor elders found invaluable






Article © Ndaba Sibanda. All rights reserved.
Published in the June 3, 2019 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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