A location in the waiting room but no extent. My mother has
taken time off work, or maybe she has quit work. I am given a
questionnaire, we complete it. I print my name very slowly. You’ll
have to go quicker than that, my mother says, there’s a magazine
in her lap, she’s not reading it, she’s reading over my shoulder.
Question: How would you describe the pain? For example, is it like
being stabbed with a piece of glass. My mother takes the paper from
me, Would it be helpful if I did the writing. But I don’t know, I say,
I’ve never been stabbed with a piece of glass.