Merely Pain

excision of something smallish and unthreatening from my thorax is that the word why can't they make injecting anaesthetic less painful it's merely pain but still I cringe not thorax lower down not abdomen exactly mid-ribs to the side what's gone is obviously over but not unless you forget which it's impossible not to you try not to anticipate and can't remember how bad you felt only a story not like now or nights to come they too will pass no comfort at the time or escape