I was supposed to go to the dentist during the pandemic

they completely closed down their office for a while

once it reopened I nervously made my way there

hopefully for just a checkup and a cleaning

my instructions were to park outside and call the office

we will come and get you when we are ready said the receptionist

I scanned the parking lot to see masked drivers waiting in other vehicles

the vehicle in the corner was completely covered in a tarp

I hope he did not die waiting I thought to myself

soon a figure appeared at the door dressed in a blue spacesuit

she called my name and I followed her inside

she was wearing a surgical mask and a helmet designed for a welder

my name is Stacey and I am going to take your temperature now

the blue suited spacewoman pointed her ray gun at my forehead

I wondered if her ray gun was a mind control machine

we can go this way now she announced behind her mask

her voice was soft and muffled and she had pretty eyes

in fact that was the only visible part of her entire anatomy

I was soon in the chair maskless and feeling vulnerable

she tried to put me at ease with polite conversation

I love your accent where are you from she asked

England I replied as she dimmed the lights and flipped down her welding visor

her eyes were no longer visible and a bright light emitted from her forehead

this cyclops alien was about to enter my body through my mouth and abduct me

with incredible dexterity she used one hand to hold my mouth wide open

while the other hand poked around my molars with a power washing wand

my mind raced asking myself was this really a dental hygienist or was she an alien

perhaps collecting the rare metal from my fillings to repair her crashed spaceship

the one hidden under the tarp in the parking lot outside

she surprised me by continuing the conversation from earlier

what part of England are you from she enquired

unable to talk properly with all her fingers and instruments in my mouth

I was verbally handicapped and could only pronounce the vowels

I blurted out I….E…. OO

oh Liverpool she said the home of the Beatles

no human could have possibly understood what I was trying to say

she was definitely an alien reading my mind

her spacecraft was still under that tarp when I left the office

I decided it was best not to tell anyone that I had just been abducted by aliens at the dentist