It was an all-time sanitarium
that had been renovated for the new age
of anti-anti-without antibiotics, without vaccinations,
the sick had to be sick
because of the folly of their parents and society

But there were still someone upstairs that helped out
remember the old days
The hallways for sometimes was sometimes empty

There was a room we went to and no computers no instruments
a person who had the number and the number was always 79 79 was a foretelling they were a fortuneteller
a health teller
and they knew just by looking at you
if you were going to be above 79 or below
if you were going to survive the treatments or not
if you were live or you will die 79
79 and above what is the number
that combination of anti-medicine holistic mysticism

I remember I came as a boy
I saw the old man he gave me my reading
above 79
immediately he says and looks at me and smiles
you’re lucky young man
I hope to never see you again