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happy happy joy joy

i got woken up
by
an earthquake

always a pleasure

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We may not get that which we want

We may not get that which we need

Just as long as we don't get that which we deserve

Some things should not be taken lightly

So
I had to go
get a inoculation shot
at the local hospital

which I might add
was a most peculiar place

it took me a while to
figure out where i needed to go
and of course I had to play
the usual shell game

go to place A
tell them I need an inoculation
they send me to place B
place B listens to what I need
write a slip and sends me back to place A
to pay for it
I pay for it at place A and
return to place B for the shot

i suppose it was so bad
as things go,
but why could I have not just
paid for it at place A the first time around
then gone to place B to receive the shot.

So once all the nonsense
is said and done
I am sitting on those delightful exam tables
that hospitals are so fond of

the nurse pulls out a large something
that resembled a tackle box
from the fridge

opens it
and removes what i hesitate to call a needle
it was huge
somewhat unkempt
and utterly diabolical

now, I do not know if I have mentioned this
but
i greatly dislike needles
i can handle them but
we will never be friends
i will not invite them over for barbecues
nor birthdays

i give them my reserved
civility
and nothing more

but this was going too far
if a needle is clean
inoffensive and exists
in accordance with common standards
of decency, i have no problems with their
right to exist

but this needle
was a renegade
a brutish thing deserving my discrimination

of course
the nurse didn't speak english
and my spanish is inadequate to properly
communicate my absolute fear and loathing
which i feel towards this needle

so there was no easing of my fears
it seemed like an eternity
staring at it gruesome and enlarged form
while
she took out a small package and
worked at the counter with her
back turned to me

i considered fleeing
and other options for preserving my life
but my paralysis was too great

the nurse finally turned around

with a small smile on her face
i could only assume
it was out of pure malice
until i saw
in her hands
a proper specimen
a much smaller
and
much more appropriate
member of that group of objects
which we call
needles

Is it just me
or is a sense of humor
not exactly a desirable trait
in
a medical practitioner