your ear nose and throat specialist

your doctor
scribbles on a pad
of paper
your three options.
it's chicken scratch,
hardly legible.
what's this word you
ask him
pointing at the first
line.
that's drugs,
see the d and the r...
that little loop is a u.
okay,
you say, and the next
line, what's that.
that says,
injections, see the j,
I know it looks
like a t, but it's
really a j.
I write like that
when in a hurry.
but you're here,
what's the rush.
and the third line?
that says...ummm. I think
I wrote surgery,
I'm not sure, don't
worry about that line,
that's way down the road
if option one and two
don't work.
any more questions?
I'd like to stay and chat,
but I really have to run.
I have a hot pastrami
sandwich in my office
with my name on.
it's no good if it gets
cold. oh, you can
put your shirt back
on now and leave
if you want.