Passports validated
To remain without leave
Stamped with inky splots
Alarmed at first but the Army guys just ask for a photo
The stations slow for security guards and a man with boxes
Tickets checked, no one next to me.
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
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Background: Along my healing journey, I received treatment at Dissanayake Ayurvedic Hospital in Galle, Sri Lanka, a government-run, pay-what-you-can facility.
I attended this hospital for Ayurveda treatments for some weeks during Dec. 2017-Jan 2018 and was treated by a kind practitioner called Ruwan. I also met with a wise Doctor who recommended I do a longer in-patient Panchakarma program here, but… some life situations changed and i didn’t do the program. I saw the rooms and talked to the doctors and while it was very spartan and not cozy, the staff seemed to be very intent on their practice.
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