Lawrence Hall, HSG
Out-Outpatient Surgery
A little happy pill along the
way
A fuzzy memory of the waiting
room
A bright fluorescent-lit
consulting room
A slippery fake-leather
patient chair
The nurse and I spoke of
children and dogs
(Dang! That needle hurt!)
And about the rain outside
this winter day
(Dang! That needle hurt even more!)
And the doctor spoke (of
what?) (of what?)
Soothingly through the sounds
of cutting flesh
Soothingly through the smells
of burning flesh
And lengths of suture flying
before my eyes
At home I took a happy codeine
pill
While Randolph Scott rode
across the TV
Nurses and doctors make you
all better
Life is good
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