A Clinician’s Eye

With a clinician’s eye

My plumber has

a variegated mole on his left check

that needs attention

And the neighbor has lost

Perhaps a future along with

too much weight in the 6 months

since I have last seen her

And the rash on the boy

on the cheek

in check-

out line

pairs well  

with his slight wheezing

and shiners

But I keep my tools cast down

to myself

Minding my own clinical business