Bad Analogies Scene 7

The anesthesiologist administered the sedative and the patient fell limp under the blankets and operating room lights, like a blue paperweight relaxing on the beach under the stars. The doctor tried everything in his battle against this tumor. Now it spread like a virus but could not be damaged with his needles no matter how furiously he poked, like an impervious computer fighting with a rabid squirrel.

They pulled the blankets away from the patient’s belly. He ate fast food for breakfast, lunch,