The Non-Visit
You can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body
— Bernard Jeffrey McCullough
After pulling out
the Good Doc tells me
it’s nice & smooth
— she hands me a tissue
and turns her back
degloving
It’s been a few years
and we both agree
(at my age)
checking in regularly
is more than likely
a Good Thing
august two thousand twenty-two
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