Mike the Roofer

Mike shows up showing me a photo on his phone
a red blob and a fleshy blob on a tray
with bloody needle-nose pliers.
"I took out a cyst"
"Oh my god, on yourself?"
"I watched YouTube and learned how to do it."
"I hope you sterilized the pliers first," I said.
"I've had this before at the doctors office but I didn't have
insurance, it cost me 14 K and
I don't have that kind of money. So I'm doing it myself."