there is a spot on my gums in the back of my mouth that every time i press my tongue to it, it hurts. so i sit at work all day tonguing it, shooting pain through my mouth. its cancer. i know it is. when it stops hurting, i press it again, just to make sure its still there. shit. why cant i stop doing it? i know its gonna hurt, but i cant just leave it alone. as my boss tells me what i need to do on a project, i wonder how she will react when i tell her i cant work here anymore cause im dying of cancer. would she be sadder about the fact that im dying or that she has to look for a replacement? all i know about the woman i replaced was that she was very nice but didnt speak english very well. you think they would tell the next person i died or would it be a taboo thing and they would just say i couldnt work there anymore then everyone would get quiet and avoid making eye contact with one another. they wouldnt come visit me in the hospital, but i bet they would send me something. the woman who just had heart surgery, they sent a fully decorated christmas tree to her house. but shes been there a lot longer than i have. probably just a basket of flowers, or fruit. the card would say something like "Get Well Soon - Your Friends at Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, LLP." of course, its typewritten. i see her lips moving, i hear her voice, but all i can concentrate on is that spot in the back of my mouth. yep. still hurts.
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I was at the dentist once and I overheard him talking to one of his oral hygienists about a man who came in with a pubic hair stuck between his tooth and his gums.