emergency

body catches,breaks,sprains,bleeds-
join the rest of humanity/waiting ,waiting

priority of suffering/even in leaving=pecking order
wounds have both name and number

wallet ready?steady as you fill in lines
system calls you one more time

only hours before admission that a bed might not be waiting
so many broken,so few healing/this is why EMERGENCY

prosaic,dull,read a tattered magazine,watch the television screen
you can snore,but you cannot dream(that you are not in this scene

rite of passage?universal pain?or just waiting time again
steady is the hand that fills the form that waits the night till dawn

release will come with observation and report,response ,treatment
release will follow with prescription,bandage,advice,payment

walk past all those waiting for their time/to be stolen
in this Sargasso,where the broken ships must go

for healing harbors are as rare as silences
EMERGENCY lights blink/we arm our personal defenses...