a final-year student
is acting as our guide
to the units that comprise
our institution
between mental retardation wards
known as children’s cottages
and psycho-geriatric wards
he instructs
on the critical knowledge
we will need
to survive our training
and to care
for our patients
you have to remember
he says
to wipe
away from the vagina
when you’re cleaning up
a female patient
otherwise
you might cause an infection
what?
WHAT?
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