they had him go to Santa Cruz to
be deposed
they were the attorneys
counselors for the physicians who slipped in behind the curtain with the little dog as he stood facing Oz
Oz the Great and the Powerful
Oz the Great and the Powerful
the hiding curtain a
diaphanous reminder to all physicians that physicians didnt rat on other physicians and
while their fellows(perceived medical authorities) submitted sterling testimonies
on behalf of those named in the suit not one would submit testimony on
his behalf
no matter that his wife died at
their hands
. . . unfortunately men and women
and children die at the hands of physicians
It is a reality an occupational
hazard
Its Medicine and nothings perfect
You see
Are you asking me
As per your presence youve been
instructed and have sworn oath that you will answer any and all questions put
to you to the best of your abilities
Im asking if youre asking me if the
preface to your You see Nothings perfect is a question
I didnt ask for perfection
I asked for competence
I asked if youre not the doctors
to help her then to please step aside for those who could
I asked that the physicians honor
their Hippocratic Oath which as I understand all physicians submit that they would
do her their patient no harm
And shes dead
The medical system is rigged But by their nature all systems are rigged
They shouldnt be rigged however to
hide or protect deficient members It would seem to me that for the health of any
system it ought to be bereft of derelicts
Hyperbolic perhaps The Life and Death of Julius Caesar Act Three Scene Two
I come to bury Caesar not to
praise him
The evil that men do lives after
them
The good is oft interred with
their bones
Shakespeare
For the physicians named in this
suit of negligence probable cause I dont believe those of their rank ought
to be drawn tight around them and that they shouldnt suffer for the mistreatment
they heaped on their drug-addled patient -- drug-addled -- drugs they surreptitiously
secretly doled out to her safe in the knowledge that they procured a legal
instrument by her signature that excluded and barred her immediate family from
contacting them or staff to learn of
or be told anything regarding her treatment
or be told anything regarding her treatment
She was fucked up on medications
prior to the date she signedThey knew itThey colluded
A fine speech
Is anything perfect
Is anything perfect
Ah a question cuntseller At last
Excuse me
No
If the stenographer would please
read back the compelleds testimony
Ah A question counselor At last
I move to strike counselor from
the record and record what the deposed actually said
He did not say counselor and I am due the respect of my agency no
matter his feeling towards this deposition . .
.
. Seemingly my speech impediment troubles you cuntseller What would you have
recorded in its steadand I protest your question as overly broad Is anything
perfect Answering it in the affirmative cuntseller would slight undo possibly
unravel any skeins of culpability from actions these physicians deliberately took with forethought
They set her up
They knew it
She no more had a chance than a
laboratory guinea pig a trifle thing manipulated dosed and scribbled about probably
in a second set of books not seen by the Court
A grandiose plot
I have no idea how many Ks grand
their plot netted them from interested pharmaceuticals The Human Race the Rat Race
interchangeable when it comes to corporate bottomlines and corporate
lack of humanity
Sociopathetical all
Sociopathetical all
nonetheless he was anxious for cuntseller to provide for
the record in her own words what she preferred it read
if she wouldnt have provoked him
the morning round was
difficult
afterwards he asked his attorney
what the hell she was doing singlehandedly
she had made the entire proceeding uncomfortableand he was uncomfortable enough
never having been deposed before
she was haughty petulant
wasnt being the only female attorney of six in the room notoriety enough
apologising his attorney said her
reputation preceded her he admitted he had
been forewarned but frankly he couldnt believe what he was told
early he recognised that she crafted
her questions to create implications
so every question she asked him he made her repeat it
that displeased her
with that additional acquired time he was able to carefully
fashion his answers
and she went after him she suggested at the conclusion of every answer
he made that he was being clever that he wasnt being forthcoming
One can only assume she said he is likely withholding information
before his attorney could interceded
he said I dont believe weve come to
Santa Cruz to entertain assumptions
Please Ask
your questions
and he continued to make her
repeat every one
returning after lunch(not that he ate) four of the attorneys took their leave
it had to kill her she wasnt playing
to a full house
the remaining attorney explained
he had but a few questions more and with their answers he too would leave
his questions even during the
morning had been straightforward
asked answered he gathered his briefcase and excused himself
mano a mano
she cleared her voice
then snidely she asked if he kept
any of his wifes clothing and what clothing they were
his fist went to his mouth even before
he could ask her to please ask her question again
it stuffed Bitch in his mouth
it stuffed Bitch in his mouth
taking his hand away not looking
at her he asked for a ten-minute recess and stood turned and walked away even before
it was granted
recesses were his to ask
that was explained at the opening
of the proceedings
he walked out to the parking lot
and over to its edge that saw down into an estuary that fed the Pacific
he listened to the cackle and boisterous
cries of seabirds
bitter tears filled his eyes
it was good to affirm that the
Natural Order of things still persisted water flowed to the sea birds bitched
insistently until evening when theyd roost and not chip at each other as much
smart his attorney didnt follow him out
he stood above the estuary the sun
on his back until he imagined pinholes in his shadow below that the sun and the
universe penetrated him and by osmosis filled him with their grace and quiet
enduring violence
back inside again he said Cuntseller
Your question again please
and when she concluded it as was his
practise his devise he asked her to ask it again
she nearly spit
he said Yes
he identified in excessive detail
the dresses he kept and why he even described the dress he and his
daughters dressed her for her wake and
why and if they hadnt used it he would
have the dress hanging in his closet he
identified pieces of jewelry he kept that triggered memory of events they
attended which she wore them to or simply to feel better wearing them some tshirts blouses sweatshirts and sweaters how they fit her or didnt were oversized and
comfortable and when she wore them that meant in the evening theyd sit on the couch
together and shed have him take off her shoes and socks and rub her feet as
they either talked of the day and the girls or watched something on the
television
Yes
And you asked why
Were not here for me to answer
your questions
And you asked why
I thought Id provide you due
respect to repeat myself since Ive asked you to repeat all your questions
Though I dont suppose you need to repeat your answer cuntseller
Though I dont suppose you need to repeat your answer cuntseller
cuntseller never did say what she
preferred the record read(at least not in his presence)
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