Stupefying Days Poem by Alexandre Nodopaka

Today was one of these.
The first sign was this morning
when I delayed my getting up
until way past the ordinary time.

Of course I reasoned I had good
reasons like I had nothing to do
of importance except going
to my late afternoon dental

appointment for a major triple
root tooth extraction. My feelings
were compounded this year
by three other interrupted

extractions. I mean not many
patients end being sewn back up
in the middle of ongoing dental
procedures to be sent to the next

level of expertise. I hope it's not
the same process when you go
first to Heaven only to be turned
back to Hell

because your admittance papers
were not properly filled out or your
roots were age ingrown due to
the excessive time you lived.