giraffe

stifle that tune from the mobile telephone, sleep on.
Dentist appointment today, a new dentist a short walk away from home.
Sleep on untill the buzzing noise of the radio alarm sounds, it is seven.
The time the family usually starts to waken

shower, put on fresh clothes, the son is up now,
orange hair yellow jacket yellow trousers
breakfast and off to school.

look for a while longer, then out onto the street in the early light of the day.

The alley has people hurrying along it, late to school, quick to work, all in a hurry. All in winter clothing. Remains of snow on the ground, wet and nasty.
Walk through the graveyard and out past the café, cross the street and enter the portal of the old cinema, now another café.
Up the winding stairs, there is a foot doctor in the first floor and the dentist is in the second.

Enter.
A brightly lit modern practice.
Say hello
Show the health care card.
and go to the waiting room , fill out a form.
Wait, and look at the pictures of the giraffes on the wall.