Surgeon

It is only a single word:
surgeon,
that creates all this fear
see one,
you have been told this time:
it 's time
the monster is big enough
it rips at your spine
claws at the nerves
tears away disks
bares teeth and nails
locking its jaws
like facet joints
together
grinding
gnawing
more tests
more talk
answers?

© 14 July 2009
Cynthia Ryder
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