Examination Table
Tick Tock
Examination table number two: 8 am
Your eyes scan the evidence.
Breezing over imperfection,
They rest inquisitively on blurry areas.
You've lost your spectacles.
Cold, filleted, bony confusion-
Her skin numbed with your nitrous stare,
Dry, devoid of caress. Clinging
Swabs of cotton gauze stuck
Every which way over her body.
Waiting room: 12am
She's sure it's terminal-
No heed for soul in hand.
Your icy glance says so, as the
Kitschy paintings fade to gray...
Vacant lot: 3am
Warm tears fall lonely upon fear
Behind opaque windows.
She's navigating dark roads silently,
The air dank with deficiency.
Lost hours, days and no watch,
She glances at that spot on the wall
Where there once was a clock.
No hands to tell this time
Out of mind, no tick tock.
Examination table number two: 8 am
Your eyes scan the evidence.
Breezing over imperfection,
They rest inquisitively on blurry areas.
You've lost your spectacles.
Cold, filleted, bony confusion-
Her skin numbed with your nitrous stare,
Dry, devoid of caress. Clinging
Swabs of cotton gauze stuck
Every which way over her body.
Waiting room: 12am
She's sure it's terminal-
No heed for soul in hand.
Your icy glance says so, as the
Kitschy paintings fade to gray...
Vacant lot: 3am
Warm tears fall lonely upon fear
Behind opaque windows.
She's navigating dark roads silently,
The air dank with deficiency.
Lost hours, days and no watch,
She glances at that spot on the wall
Where there once was a clock.
No hands to tell this time
Out of mind, no tick tock.
