I have written at length of this elsewhere
But I clearly remember
the police station used to be next to the Ravensong
I came for my scheduled appointment
when I rounded the corner of Broadway
the side of the station was empty
by the time I entered the front door
there were 8 cops out on the side
laughing loudly
and a few more coming out
I guess my appointment was the same time as their smoke break
a CanWest concrete Cement company truck was parked on the north side of the building
inside
the two brown girls from malaysia that always work the reception
are not there
instead are two very old
evil
bitches
sitting in the other ladies place
glaring
looking at my information
gathering
I ask her name
She is silent
as is her partner
acting like a mute baba
I do not understand
I understand
she is an evil ancient bitch of the
old ways
and she is staring at my information
using her ancient
wealthy
glasses
the curl of her lip says
freak
she does not
think well of me
she is staring at my information
she has a little pad
of her own paper
ignoring me
looking at what
the malaysian girls
had entered.
she is not adept
at the computer
staring intently
at
my
information
she is trying to determine
what
NFA
means
no fixed
address
she is supposed
to get
an
address
Inside the clinic is a German woman
who I have seen before
she is never there
but she is there now
for my scheduled appointment
I cannot get any of the 3 to give me their names
but they have access to everything about me and my file
behind the barrier
I try to ask the hindu woman who is arranging my session
who the german woman and the two old ladies are
she doesn't know
The government literature said this was supposedly
the place
for me to go
a
safe
environment
for
health
care
Inside the room
there is no examination
I am given no referrals
I am mocked
I trudge the gauntlet outside
and have a smoke watching
them
the laughing police
still there
the truck
with two young tough laughing men in shades
who I could kill
as I had assessed in the first 10 seconds observing them on my way in
But the laughing police are there
to
protect
me?
I smoke and glare
until they all
disperse
