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Dr Jake

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Prompt Card: If a [guitar] explains [string theory], then a [blank] would explain [blank]?

"I think," said Jake, "when I grow up,
a doctor I will be.
Though I'm not sure what I will make
my speciality1."

"The body has so many parts
no-one can know it all.
I'll need to focus on just one
so I don't drop the ball."

He thought about it long and hard,
then stated without fear:
the body part he liked the most
could only be the rear.

A puzzled look came o'er his face,
brow furrowed with a frown.
How to describe this discipline?
He tried to write it down.

He knew there had to be a word,
but it just would not come.
A single word that would explain
the study of the bum.

His face lit up triumphantly,
he pumped his little fist.
"When I grow up I'm going to be
the best astrologist!"

Form: Ballad
Lines: 24

Footnotes
1  5 syllables: spesh-ee-al-it-ee