day before

liquid diet

hot tea

clear soda

chicken broth

slow day

stay busy

ignore hunger

watch TV

nasty medication

severe cramping

bathroom sprints

colonic purging

more TV

restless night

next morning

four o’clock

feel empty

repeat medication

severe cramping

bathroom sprints

colonic purging

stop drinking

wife drives

arrive clinic

smiling nurses

checked in

assembly line

waiting waiting

me next

IV prepped

anesthetist talking

voice fades

dream time

wake up

it’s done

thank God

feel woozy 

bum sore

doc talking

no cancer

polyp photos

no posting

next visit

three years

wife arrives

drive home

weigh myself

lost pounds

crazy diet

drink tea

eat food

more food

drink tea

more food

weigh myself

nothing lost

except polyps