1200 people
hungry electrons
spinning around the nucleus of a single kitchen.
Limited medical facilities
2500 miles to nearest hospital
food borne illness constantly thought of
and unthinkable.
Sanitation. Mandatory.
Infection control. Essential
An expensive machine was installed in the pot wash
to combat dangers of raw meat
poultry
fish.
Fiendishly expensive
state-of-the-art
from Minnesota, Michigan or Wisconsin.
It never worked properly
choice
dismantle and return
or
have a specialist make house call.
House call it is
from Minnesota or Michigan or Wisconsin
via Port Hueneme California
and New Zealand
to McMurdo Antarctica.
The visiting specialist conducts endoscopic examination
the diagnosis accessible and jargon free
“it’s fucked in the guts.”
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