The first post-op CT blares
as it bares down on you:

reverberates in your skull,
clenches tight your jaw.

You read or hear the results
and it trails away, descending.

It may never again reach that pitch,
but neither does it wholly fade.

With each new scan or lab,
though lower than before,

you feel the waves amass,
knot, and tangle in your ears.