be patient

as i sit

in the waiting room,

there are no

magazines anymore,

no People,

or Life,

or Popular Mechanics.

no Sports Illustrated

swim suit

issue,

not even a single 
Readers Digest

can be found.

we are all staring into

our phones

or out the window

at nothing,

waiting

to called in by a nurse

who will

mispronounce

our names.