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The clap clinic.

DS Maolalai

I remember
uncomfortable seats
like waiting at a bus station,
the clap clinic
in toronto, based
in the gay neighbourhood
30 minutes walk,
waiting for our turn
to be taken in
and examined
for something
which each were sure
was unserious
but still felt like
should be checked.

there was something on the wall
about hpv; how it’s dangerous
for men too - it can cause cancer
even if you don’t know
that you have it. and looking around
at people; looking at how they
sat. trying to work out
who was there for what
though we were all
really
the same:

there for the memory
of happiness
and the same unhappy
thing.

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