Therapy

My knees and shoulder are feeling a little better

After the first eight laser treatments and adjustments,

which begin on the rolling table

where it feels like a huge python

that just swallowed a live fighting tiger

is slithering under you

back and forth

until you are senseless.

Feels so good (if you can forget the python).

Then, if they remember,

Someone massages your back

With a loud vacuum cleaner.

Followed by the diabolic doctor

Pushing, crunching and twisting.

I can’t even bend my knee

And he pulls it back and jolts.

“Are you OK?”

To compensate, he pounds both

Knees with a jack hammer.

The best part.

The slightly warm laser treatment

Is recovery in dark glasses.

It’s not over.

Back you go to be electrocuted.

Tiny electrical shocks to both knees

As strong as you can tolerate.

One time I tolerated too much

And walked like a tin soldier

For awhile.

Thank you for asking.

Do you ever get the feeling

you are talking to yourself?

I do.