The Cost of Doing Business

Bonnie Salomon, MD

What's his insurance?

The psychiatrist on the cell phone demands.

Don't know, the hassled ER doc answers.

Oh, she knows.

She knows no form letter, shined shoe company

Would ever look at this

Homeless, hobbling schizophrenic, eyes wild,

Head on fire with delusions.

Last name, first name, middle.

He couldn't get past the first line.

Emergency contact—

The crack addict across the bridge.

Previous employers—

When he was 16, he loaded boxes

At Green's department store,

Fired when the voice told him to

Run into the street, losing a foot to a speeding truck.

Gross income—the four furry LifeSavers in...

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2000 American College of Physicians