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Bureaucracy of Health

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Once, you met her
all bloom and fresh out of medlearning
sorry sir we still have no response to your request
all bashfulness and apologies

funny,
to be considered a sir
when your clothes were too big
your college still fresh
your stumbling on these offices too evident

you saw her
again
still no answer sir issues with the system
still typing away at the unseen screen
still apologetic
now a wooden voice
an autumnal face
an sunsetting complexion

how curious
to come and go
always requesting
always soldering on
like every tough grown must do
and always an apology
always hapless
in her tiny tiny cubicle

no sign of her old nurse dress
but her fingertyping is everpresent


last,
you hear the typing
coming from many
many cubicles
and your rimmed glasses
strain themselves to
hear the apology
sorry sir sorry sir sorry sir
but you can´t define a face
can´t picture a voice a signature
to the hands blurring on the desk


they told you to tough it up
to man it up
many many years ago
to go out there
and handle your things
your dealings with the wide wide world

but now there is no nurse
no face to talk to
and no answer to any request

Clearly, it is your fault
you stupid senile old man.


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