procedure – December 20

Posted on December 23, 2016 by landl30

12.20.2016

it’ll hurt like hell.

thanks doctor

I reply.

only five seconds

but it’ll hurt.

so I say go ahead

and grit

and while I wait for

it to get worse

it’s over.

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