A Waiting List
An abnormal situation.
If the pandemic
did not exist
I wouldn’t be
on the waiting list
for all the things
and services I need.
I could see a doctor
for my nosebleed
or a specialist
to treat a cyst.
did not exist
I wouldn’t be
on the waiting list
for all the things
and services I need.
I could see a doctor
for my nosebleed
or a specialist
to treat a cyst.
I know that delays
at the dentist persist
and cannot have
an appointment
until at the earliest,
the month of December.
at the dentist persist
and cannot have
an appointment
until at the earliest,
the month of December.
The same applies
to my oculist,
a great tactician
at changing his title.
(Used to be an optician,
I seem to remember,
but now call himself
an optometrist.)
to my oculist,
a great tactician
at changing his title.
(Used to be an optician,
I seem to remember,
but now call himself
an optometrist.)
I didn’t realise how quickly
time passes:
it will be a long time
before I have new glasses.
Playing second fiddle
to the dreaded epidemic
has become a formality,
It’s utopian to hope for
a return to normality.
time passes:
it will be a long time
before I have new glasses.
Playing second fiddle
to the dreaded epidemic
has become a formality,
It’s utopian to hope for
a return to normality.
© Luigi Pagano 2021
© ionicus 2023
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