Doctor's Orders

We learn to take our medicine
No matter what the taste
And follow doctor's orders,
Though uncomfortable, post haste.

Yet children have to be convinced,
For if the flavor's vile, 
They'll try their best to fight it 
Using obstinance and guile.

Perhaps a bit of bribery
Or trickiness might work,
For medical instructions
Aren't ones we ought to shirk.

So we must do what we must do
To get that dosage down, 
Despite the knowledge we're the cause
Of grimace, grouse or frown.