A patient in a hospital gown recounts the experience of waiting in a designated gowned waiting room, highlighting the atmosphere of isolation and anonymity.
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I didn’t anticipate being part of an involuntary experiment but apparently I am: there is nothing to do here but think. An older woman, blond-haired, stares off into space. A middle-aged man, his entire body flushed, leans forward in his seat, his hands clasped together, thinking God knows what. If we are here, it isn’t for a good reason. Something needs investigating. The data produced by a machine is about to direct the course of our lives. We want to get this over with and get the hell out.
A woman comes in, looks around and chooses a seat across from mine. I smile at her through my mask; she smiles at me through hers. At some point I ask how she is. Her response is hesitant; English is clearly difficult. “What language do you speak?” I ask, hoping I might know one or two words. “Farsi,” she replies. End of conversation.
Footsteps. Another name is called and my flushed neighbour stands up. “Good luck,” I say, and someone else echoes my words. He looks over and thanks us with his eyes.
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