Thermometer
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| plaster Chesterwood The Studio Daniel Chester French |
Ultimately it’s your call
after you take what’s been offered
and stalk your buffet
and ignore being
watched as you walk back
to the place you’ve
been sitting
to the place you’ve been waiting
doing
all your looking
and
your listening
and
tasting (yes, let’s
not
forget the tasting)
and
touching)
yes,
let’s
agree there was a lot of touching and
waiting
waiting especially
because isn’t it waiting isn't it one of the primal
spaces or maybe let’s agree it’s married
to each and all of them
the senses I mean
in
case you’ve lost
track
it’s once and for all patient
it’s the kind of patient
a patient may be whose chart
is read in front
of them
where all there is
to see in black
and white
and grey
matter most
not to the lung
not to the liver
not to the brain
but to the doctor
(maybe sometimes maybe sometimes
not)
this is where you might call him or her
bigamist – or would you prefer polygamist
or
does it even matter?
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