I hate waiting rooms
I know that this is not a unique take
Allow me to make it more niche
I hate waiting rooms where I am noticeably the youngest in the room
by decades
Old men sit and listen to the baseball highlights from last week
the woman beside me smiles,
pitifully, I think
She's wearing a mask but so am I
and when Im done with the waiting room
and the examination room
that mask won't be taken off
I'll hide my disappointment and resentment
from you,
for the rest of our lives
The sun will sting once maybe twice
I'll sit in a specialists office annually
It will be a good reminder of how much I hate waiting rooms
About the Creator
AJ
Because locking myself in a dimly lit house on the seaside and feverishly pouring my soul out on a typewriter is not available to me right now
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Comments (1)
I can relate. I got a pacemaker at 49, and the pacemaker nurse would leave me sitting in the waiting room, and never call my name because she thought I was someone’s ride or a patient’s family member. In 2017, they gave me a monitor that downloads the info to my Drs office, so I don’t have to fo in anymore. 😊