Dreading the Dentist
Who wants to see a drill sergeant?
2 min readSep 11, 2019
Dr. Pershing’s office was in an old brick building in downtown Studio City where I grew up. It was home to many doctors, but our dentist was the only reason we’d visit that place, often with the trepidation of an animal being led to slaughter.
Dr. Pershing was older than Studio City itself, with a wispy mist of hair combed over his forehead…
