Pre op

Softly now. Softly.

Turn the dial.

Great toe gone.

Two: foetid; necrotic.

Three: challenged; purple.

Four: sunset red; could it survive?

Five: viable; could it be left alone?

Softly now.

Oil the saw.

Check the notches in the blade.

Ache for healing.

Cut.

16.9.2016/28.7.2017

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