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The Dentist or the Sadist by Tyler Barrows
from Legacy 2009
The Dentist or the Sadist
by Tyler Barrows
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Bright lights. Fluorescent.
A tiled ceiling. I'm staring at a sterile surrounding
Pain. Such pain, yet I embrace it.
Scraping. This grinding and scraping.
Sharp, acute pain. Then, nothing.
My mouth is open, yes it's gaping open.
Pain; sharp, poking pain.
I'm drowning in a thick mineral water.
Sharp poking pain; it will be over soon.
And it will all be better when it's over.
Such bright fluorescent lights.
Miniscule instrument inserted into my mouth;
I cannot breathe or swallow hard.
