To get cured,
To see some sights
And some painful wailings
A man needs to get hospitalized,
Sometimes
To know that life is a recovering walk.
You see the fallen trees
The patients who have their own lives
Are like those trees.
My medical history is
Like a green gown worn pre and post
Operation.
Life at hospital is to know the body better.
It is a fallen luck,
But it is still a gateway to health.
When you visit the hospital
Keep aside your intellectuality.
You see common face of the people.
What has poets got to do with it?
I had a gallbladder stone
I got it removed and I feel happy
when I meet people of my profession
And relatives who come being a visitor.
The green gown does not cover
The bare body. Its ribbons reveal nakedness.
When you are in the hospital
A man is reborn,
He is a child. Naked and dependent.
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© Sushant Thapa
Biratnagar-13, Nepal
Picture Nick Victor
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