Friday, May 1, 2009

Now you have eaten. You have drunk to your fill. Your internal organs have done their work and your bladder needs to be emptied. You are in real big trouble. You ask the young man where the convenience is and he points towards a nearby corner. You go there but you notice guys urinating everywhere around except in the small room with the words “toilet” inscribed on the door. You think these guys are crazy or uncivilized, so you open the “toilet” door to go in and do your thing. And the guys know immedaiately that you are either new to this joint or you are crazy! What you see inside the toilet is terrible and agonizing. There is a modern toilet quite well, but the flushing mechanism has since packed up from constant use and no maintenance or repairs. The inside of the toilet is mostly dirty brown but the whole toilet area is a mosaic of stains- residues of all manner of human waste. The wash hand basin is hanging loosely from its connection to the wall and there is no indication that it has been used in months. There is dirty water (actually a mixture of water and urine) on the floor of the toilet up to the soles of your shoes. There are big black flies flying around uneasily and wondering what this intruder is doing here. In all these, you try not to focus on the powerful stench in the room. You hold your breadth and rush out, your bladder responding by sending the urine right back to your kidneys. All urge to relieve yourself is gone. The only urge now is the urge to get away from this day light nightmare.

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