Benign.

Zoe Davis

‘teeth collage 2’ by Samir Sirk Morató, @spicycloaca. Used with permission.

Something was wrong.
Serious? Possibly.
Let’s have a look, shall we?
Name/Age/DoB
Confirmation acceptable
Pity in the chaperone’s thin-lipped smile.
She’d seen it all before more probably.
I’d always assumed the twang of latex was a cliché.
It’s not when you have the joker the
Comedian the cool guy with the even cooler hands
Making an instrument of torture quack like a duck
Then on not extracting a laugh
Beginning a private rendition of the Italian classic
Speculì, speculà!
Oh please let’s get this over & done with a.s.a.p I beg you there are exactly 52 tiles on the ceiling & 4 flies in the fluorescent tubing
One is still alive barely like my dignity.
What do I do for a living?
I work at the University.
No. I cannot get your son a job there.
I’m sure he’s looooooooooooooooooooovely.
Yes. I’m fine. I just wasn’t expecting conversation at the point of impact. I also don’t work in admissions. Yes, clearly you do. Ha Ha Ha Oh, and a picture
Yes, he’s very handsome as is my liver?
Textbook, you say? One of the best you’ve seen?
Not sure what to do with that. Complimentary, definitely. Hard to accept though
When you’re puppeting me like Sooty.
What? All done? Two weeks and I’ll find out from my doctor. Great.
If it’s all the same, I’d rather not shake hands. But I will I will talk to the faculty
And pray to God it’s benign.

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