fear   physicians friend

                             doesnt matter their practise  their    perhaps once upon a time   art

seed doubt  another bosombuddy

                                         human nature

their skin in the game

is yours

medicines business

procedures pocket them money

 

his simple understanding

                                a hustle

as a kid he hustled ran two paper routes morning afternoon

                                                                 which provided him access to people who may want their grass cut leaves raked got to burn them in the street curbs in those days snow shoveled from their walks and driveways

    he got it

so when his dentist mentioned decay  that his pain must be uncomfortable  No pain doc  docs job  seed by suggestion

               he was humoured

no sooner had the dentist left he thanked his hygienist gathered up his things not even out of the operatory he was playing with the threatened painful decay despite him not eating anything that might erode the enamel of his teeth coffee stains the worse of it he was playing with decay

D  E  C  A  Y  follows  D  E  A  T  H  shared three letters

in the parking lot approaching his truck he minimised it acronymised it  D  K  although preferred  d  k

D  K letters right facing the oval of the D the sticks of the K                                          

d  k  letters provided symmetry oval of d facing left  sticks of the k right

D  E  C  A  Y  briskly rendered  d  k

                                           unlocked the car opened the door sat seat belt turned the ignition key undid the parking brake stickshifted into reverse braked

not checking his rearview mirror yet  because he couldnt see

                                                                   couldnt see beyond the d  k in his eyes  

    SOLD

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