Manzella writes about being at high risk for a retinal detachment, and the weak reassurances from the medical experts:

Another doctor tells me, without looking into my eyes or through them, that such darknesses are common. You’ll get used to them. As she speaks, an amoeba floats from my nose and through the air. When I blink, a piece of straw returns from the other corner. It’s hard to pay attention when the wilds are within your sight.

It’s nonfiction and it has lingered with me for days after reading it.