I went to the doctor and waited my turn;

The pretty nurse came to the door.

She hoarsely called my name;

With my purse

Magazine in hand
I wait in the chair.
Looking around
Extremely aware.

The walls and the ceiling
Uninterestin g and bare.
Instruments

Sitting here in the doctors office

Waiting for him to come in

I don't know why they make you wait

In an empty room with

The Evolution of Medicine

Twenty centuries ago, medicine was far from astute.
If you were sick your neighbor said, here,