She greeted me at the door with one reddened eye
seemed like more of a salon than a clinic
fake cheesy waterfall paintings
Jesus quotes throughout
too close to the massage parlors for me
felt dirty
sitting alone in the booth
She said “had you said aaaaaahhh when I inserted this,
there’d be no more sessions for you
she turned on the machine and left me alone
as the water pushed
Sounds of sucking water
and big bubbles
actually freeing to just let go
to shit yourself without consequence
Made me look forward to being a geriatric
Does she sterilizes the tubes
The bedding
The gowns
The equipment
It wasn’t nearly as painful as the first time.
But nowhere near as pleasant either.
~Edward Austin Robertson~
Nuclear Polio Vaccination 
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