PAUL HERTELENDY

HIGH-RISK OPERATIONS BY PAUL HERTELENDY of THECOLUMNISTS.COM

THIS PAGE HAS BEEN POSTED IN ANTISEPTIC WHITE
TO ENHANCE THE CLINICAL ATMOSPHERE OF THIS VERSE

Countering the antiseptic ambiance Within the operating room Are dancing, dazzling, sparkling eyes Of slender, well-scrubbed nurses Masked in feminine allure mysterious. Before the anesthesia, patients such as me --Exhilarated, blown away-- Might broach a later rendezvous, But at their peril, Since the icons, once unmasked, Could prove A rude awakening.   (With apologies to the priceless, tireless nurses everywhere who keep us all ticking despite our excesses too often taking us too far in the other direction)

©2005 by Paul Hertelendy. This column first posted July 28, 2005.
Paul Hertelendy is a critic with the San Francisco Bay Area arts website www.artssf.com. To visit his website, click here: PAUL

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