In the waiting
In the waiting room
Different choices
Different voices loom
In the corner
The television tugs
At our attention
Histrionic news
Crowding out our fears
Pushy and overbearing interviews
In the frozen
The unmotion shrine
Institution for all the poor and dying
Cracks upon the yellow walls
Maps that only lead to inner trials
And then a name is called
Unfamiliar sound
It's only the second time
I recognize it's mine
I rise and follow like cattle into battle