Sat, 4 October

Waiting Room, 20:30 Two chairs occupied out of fourteen. Insurance poster: YOUR SMILE IS AN INVESTMENT. Payment plan brochure, fanned, untouched since March. Reception screen: blue. Window: rain, then less rain, then rain. Father's left knee: angled toward child. Child's left knee: angled toward father. Two phones, two faces, one light. Digital clock gains a minute. No one looks up. No one needs to.