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
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