My Son's Ears# Medicine - 求医问药
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again by Dave
My son’s ears are infected again
the ENT doctor explains.
A dozen infections
and his ears are showing the strain -
a mild hearing loss.
Needs surgery,
little tubes, the physician says.
I look up, bewildered at the word.
Surgery is for patients.
Surgery is for an objective body
beneath sterile drapes,
an acquaintance who needs repair.
Surgery is not for my son
my boy with the wheat-colored hair
who wears diapers
beneath He-Man underwear,
who eats popsicles in the bathtub
with the gu
My son’s ears are infected again
the ENT doctor explains.
A dozen infections
and his ears are showing the strain -
a mild hearing loss.
Needs surgery,
little tubes, the physician says.
I look up, bewildered at the word.
Surgery is for patients.
Surgery is for an objective body
beneath sterile drapes,
an acquaintance who needs repair.
Surgery is not for my son
my boy with the wheat-colored hair
who wears diapers
beneath He-Man underwear,
who eats popsicles in the bathtub
with the gu