Either it’s a loud
HVAC system or
white noise to mask fear.
Inside the doctor’s exam room
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Either it’s a loud
HVAC system or
white noise to mask fear.
Category Archives: nervousness
In the doctor’s office
Perched on the exam
table like a rib roast on
white butcher paper.
Family fight
After, we’re gentle
with each other, as if we’re
tending open wounds.
Unemployed Christmas
Can days be merry
and bright? Jobs – like ornaments –
fragile, out of reach.
Ugly photo
She keeps it displayed
to remind herself that once
she didn’t know it
Online debate
Listserv fight breaks out.
Among civil people, the
retorts well-researched.
First job
At the interview
J’s hired on the spot, full of
new employee glee.
Job search
Panera’s didn’t
call, nor Applebee’s. Rejec-
tion’s hard at sixteen.
Prom group
She can’t stand her. He’s
her ex, so don’t include them.
Can’t we go alone?
Prom date
Deciding who to
take like negotiating
Mideast peace treaty.
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