Mephistopheles the Pediatrician by Raymond A. Foss
Short cropped hair of black Full beard of stubble, four days old Gray joining the jagged black shards Menacing, reaching for each patient Hammer for knee or noggin, Whichever the need
An image presented full in my mind’s eye Sulphur from the lips, heat in the nostrils Conjured as they all are Wisps, pond fog Or steam off a pot of soup
Wrapping round my head Spoon to my flushed checks Sagging eyes, reaching for sleep Goatee and stubble of brown and gray My face in the mirror too.
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