R. Gerry Fabian
The doctor examines
the top of my right toe
where I dropped the window
air conditioner on it.
It is puffed red swollen.
Then he notices the slender
black splinter in the calloused
pad below.
“I can take that out for you
if you’d like.” He offers.
The splinter has been there
since I was eleven years old.
I got it walking barefoot
in the hay loft.
Despite my grandmother’s
flame sterilized sewing needle’s
stabbing, poking and gouging,
she couldn’t remove it.
It has become a constant
in my otherwise unbalanced life –
a metaphysical divining rod.
I decline.
R. Gerry Fabian is a published poet and novelist.
He has published four books of his published poems, Parallels,
Coming Out Of The Atlantic, Electronic Forecasts and Ball On The Mound.
In addition, he has published four novels : Getting Lucky (The Story),
Memphis Masquerade, Seventh Sense and Ghost Girl.
His web page is https://rgerryfabian.wordpress.com
Twitter @GerryFabian2
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gery3397/
He lives in Doylestown, PA