Factors 3

Isolation, Independence, Identity

Hole-in-the-Wall

         The surface looks smooth, pristine even,
          As if nothing had ever happened.
         But damage had been done:
         A jagged hole laid open,
         A visible throbbing reminder
         That nothing can stay the same
          Forever.

The Un-Numb

   The dentist asked if I wanted the numb needle for a small filling, in the area at the junction of crown and tooth.  I thought he should know so I said probably not.  The procedure was uncomfortable, not to mention painful.  "Next time, " he said, "we'll go for numbness, because I don't like to see people in pain. I'm not a masochist."  "No," I told him.  "You mean sadist. The masochist is the one in the chair."

Life / File Anagram

    I was at the medical office today, for routine visit, though a few years overdue.  The intake nurse, updating my records, asked the usual questions, including,  "You have an allergy to penicillin, and Zoloft?"  Yes, to penicillin.  But, no, I have never taken or even been prescribed Zoloft.   Whose file  is this anyway?