Maiden Voyage

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So, I come home from work yesterday, beat. The bus was late, and then I got snagged at the Bread and Circus by a homeless woman I used to take Tai Chi classes with. She starts ranting about A., my friend and Tai Chi teacher. Tells me he's got a brain tumor and she can heal him but his friends don't want her to and so they took his voice away, and he can't express himself, can only say what they want him to say. I am trying to be polite and listen to her madness, but have to run. I make it home with barely three minutes before I need to leave for my acupuncture appointment. And I've got to pee really bad. I dash up the stairs, unlock the door and leap into the bathroom. Sitting on the toilet, I breathe a sigh of relief -sigh- until I turn my head to look at the wall to my right. Where there used to be a sweet little yellow ocher panelled wall and just the perfect sized shelf for my toiletries, is now a gaping hole. I can see pipes that were put in before the revolution. And some brand new copper piping---obviously the reason behind the demolition.

So what I want to know is how come it is okay for the plumber to saunter into my apartment when I am not there, not even alert me and do away with my wall. Isn't that against the law or something? Or is it because I don't have a lease and pay hardly any rent, that I have no rights as a tenant?

But more importantly, how come, when I got home today, the cavernous hole was still there?

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