the eye specialist hospital

In the eye specialist hospital*

The old Indian guard stands on duty

Sitting on the chair reading his Bible

The pages turn many times in its life

The crowd sit on the chairs

All waiting to get their names called

Some come with families or spouses

They want to check their eyes

I overheard an Indian man said

“I can see before sunset

In the night I am blind”

I don't hear that before

There is another Chinese woman

She said she got holes in her eyes

She had to pump in gas into it

She had to lie facewards for 2 weeks

When she could see her vision

The doctor told her she would get catarat

In 6 months she had to get it done

When her vision was clouded

Sometimes the nurses got traffic jam

An old man was calling it inefficient

He said he waited for hours

The nurse tried to pacify him

The payment procedure takes a while

I think it is kind of disease rolling around

Even in other specialist hospitals payment process is slow

The customers have to wait for a long time

I took a whole day

In the eye specialist hospital

I observed the crowd and the antics

It was worth my time out of the house