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# Uphill Both Ways
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/uphill-both-ways/
- Published: 2023-03-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" the teacher said, filling her bowl and we kept on bringing them, since come what may that seemed like a laudable goal the doctors still came with their needles and oils the teach...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

"an apple a day keeps the doctor away"  
the teacher said, filling her bowl  
and we kept on bringing them, since come what may  
that seemed like a laudable goal  
the doctors still came with their needles and oils  
the teacher, she loved Granny Smith  
but took any apple, enjoying her spoils  
as we sat absorbing her pith