Where Are They Living?

When the train crashed they were many injuries

Had people suffering to many degrees

Emergency workers came and we were shuttled off

Registered nurse came to check my wet cough 

ECG was order and some other test

All I could think of was the rail in a man’s chest

Rail that he had been holding, to give him support

Earlier, from the moment we had left the port 

This same support that he couldn’t seem to let go

Had been impaled in him and he wished it wasn’t so

Emergency treatment was required, immediately

Yet the doctors were stalled from starting surgery

Life was in the balance but there was a technical delay

It was because he had no health insurance with which to pay

Very crucial surgery required but the medical team

Is asking if he had healthcare or part of a health scheme

No he didn’t and so they waited again to start

Got no immediate care, his liver failed and later his heart