Tom Smoyak sat on
my exam table
Removed his shirt
"how do you feel, Tom ?"
"not too bad for 83"
"but look at my back, will ya"
"it's strange how these things"
"have popped up"
there were dozens of them
brown scaly
raised edges
wart-like or flat
interposed with small raspberries type
lesions
odd
as the rest of him
slows to a quiet
his back
begins
to
flower
i love the impression that one who does not think negatively, life can and will be a beautiful experience. i am teaching algebra this summer, and it coincidently relates to making a negative number into a positive just by placing in on the other side. i admire your acute perception. hope all is well…xoxo ronnie