Never ordinary

There's something strange about lying back in the dentist's chair.
A chair you've returned to after a decades long absence.

Lying back and hearing the mellifluous tones
of a former lover
broadcasting for funds on NPR.

Lying back and looking at the airplane mobile
the posters and listening to the dentist
work
when suddenly a voice creates a sound track.

"This is your public radio. We need your support."


A voice from the past.







The last time
in this same chair
and the dentist was there
so was the lover.