When Your Face is Not Your Own

I walked into the bathroom, looked into the mirror, and realised that the reason my face felt odd was that half of it had simply stopped moving. The eye on that side would not blink, that side of my mouth would not smile or frown or anything. I was petrified. Was I having a stroke?…

Medicine today

Time was You got sick, you went to the doctor You got examined, you got medicine and advice How times have changed Now, you get sick And the doctor won’t let you in You might have the plague, they cry We’ll talk to you over the phone No examination, guesses instead of advice Left high…