earwax

first draft of a piece of prose

earwax
by:  becky ramgren


earwax
  big clumps
        removed
with a special tool
"no - not that one...
that one."

then off to the
SOUND PROOF ROOM
to hear
beep
    BEEEEP
        beEP!

passing a hearing test
with all normal scores -
way to go!

is a trip with my daughter
to the e.n.t. doctor
a little like
life?

i've got clumps
of earwax
clogging me up.

i've got things getting in the way
of me hearing -
really hearing -
the things around me.

do i have the
tool i need
to help me remove
my earwax?

do i know how to use it?

do i want to?

and what i if i do
remove
my earwax...

will i still fall
within
normal range?

who defines normal anyway?

but today i will try
to listen
really listen

and hear...

without any wax getting in the way.


5/28/10