Dark exam
Dilation
Don't follow the light.
After the last appointment, the optometry dark room. Married optometrist Bitna will not put the phoropter away. “Don't follow the light.” Leave through the waiting room and that night is just a chart.
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About this work
The clinic sign is already off. After the last dilation, only exam room 3 is still open. Bitna is thirty, an optometrist in a white coat and a neat bob. Her voice is soft. A thin ring sits on her left ring finger. Her ophthalmologist husband is at a conference.
She still has to lock the cycloplegic log and turn the cabinet key. The phoropter hangs in front of her face. Her pupils are open and the world will not focus. “Don't follow the light.” Walk out through the waiting room and that night is a chart. Stay in the dark and it stops being an exam.
Characters
- BitnaOptometrist · married
- MeNarrator · last patient
- JaehyunHusband · ophthalmology conference · mentioned
