Soon, it will be a year

never quite numb enoughand 2 hours intoa session on the dentist’s chair,sunglasses for the lights,an oral dam with suctionholds my tongue, catchesdrool, blood, the drillshrieks. And now and again thatsmell I’d rather not knowsnakes into my nostrils,lingers Soon, it will be a yearand I will tell myselfit’s been a yearall is well Soon, it will…