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“The Unveiling” A name so inconsistent for what it represents: The pinch of the IV injection The instant heaviness in my head Wobbly knees Being assisted to the “Treatment Room” Its bitter sterility Shedding my clothes And all sense of control The chill of the cold metal bed The goose-bumps crawling over my skin The stick of plastic beneath me Luke-warm water Slow pealing of ****** bandages Sharp stings of pain Quick to come again And again Soiled runoff dripping down my legs Pop music playing over the speakers The discomfort it caused me Yellow curtains The little boy on the other side His screams filled with agony Clenching a towel between my teeth How it didn’t help either of us Slowly examining the new skin Black, blue, and bleeding The smell of its rawness Nausea Hot tears on my cheeks They burn A team of doctors Their impenetrable staring Hearing them mumble, “It looks great.” My disagreement The gnawing desire to ask Why They give an utterly gut wrenching experience Such a grandeur name
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Mar 4, 2015
Mar 4, 2015 at 7:42 PM UTC
The Unveiling
“The Unveiling” A name so inconsistent for what it represents: The pinch of the IV injection The instant heaviness in my head Wobbly knees Being assisted to the “Treatment Room” Its bitter sterility Shedding my clothes And all sense of control The chill of the cold metal bed The goose-bumps crawling over my skin The stick of plastic beneath me Luke-warm water Slow pealing of ****** bandages Sharp stings of pain Quick to come again And again Soiled runoff dripping down my legs Pop music playing over the speakers The discomfort it caused me Yellow curtains The little boy on the other side His screams filled with agony Clenching a towel between my teeth How it didn’t help either of us Slowly examining the new skin Black, blue, and bleeding The smell of its rawness Nausea Hot tears on my cheeks They burn A team of doctors Their impenetrable staring Hearing them mumble, “It looks great.” My disagreement The gnawing desire to ask Why They give an utterly gut wrenching experience Such a grandeur name
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Mar 4, 2015
Mar 4, 2015 at 7:42 PM UTC
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