The man opposite my gaze

framed the wall with his stony face

under

How to recognize a stroke

how cancer affects us

first signs of memory loss

violence towards staff - paperwork.

All corporate stuff, advertising

opening up the game,

good clean living stuff, helpful to a fault,

inviting curiosity where there was none

only fear of the future.

 

Urology     said this piece of paradise.

 

When the door opened in the wall

he seemed not to hear anything at all

but pushing up stiffly, rose

and caught my eye.

"M O T,"  he said to me.