Surgery
Inflamed, tied down
Rough stitches slice
Can’t stop the pain
With pills or ice
Fluorescent bulbs
Won’t let me flee
From mirrors proving this
Catastrophe
A gruesome smile
Teeth all clamped tight
Try not to speak
With all of my might
Still, swollen lips fumble for
Lisped, garbled, broken
Words not formed or
Truly spoken
Gagged through pity
Condemned by jury
I quietly recover
From painful surgery
