Its wonderful how you people get around these days, the older woman said
She touched the sports bottle on my wheelchair and asked
What’s this
I explain it’s a bottle with a straw I drink from
How clever! Does anyone ever try to drink out of it she asks, laughing
My cat, I say
She stops, looks at me, says oh, does he really
All the time I say
The nurse behind the desk has her hand over her mouth muffling laughter
Do you let him the older woman asks
I can’t stop him I’m paralyzed I say
Well - what about people, she asks, almost defensively
No, people don’t try to drink out of it. At least not yet, I say, wondering if she's thirsty
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