asleep
in the waiting room
as i read
a People magazine
with Liz Taylor
on the front,
and then the nurse calls
out my name.
we have to go now,
i tell my foot,
shaking it
and
slapping my knee to wake
it up.
come on. let's go.
enough.
we can sleep more when
we get home
later.

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