Michael Estabrook on the Other Side of the
Back In the Middle Ages
"Say, Doc?" I grimace
as he yanks the stitches
out of my jagged red hernia scar
(though curiously it doesn't hurt).
"What happened
when someone had a hernia
and needed surgery like this way back
in the Middle Ages?"
He brushes
my incision carefully
with an alcohol wipe.
"They died," he says,
as he strides out of the room.
© Copyright Michael Estabrook 2007