Month: May 2019

Blood and nutrients flow. The heart beats without a break. Its strength and resilience is second to none. The host is able to lead a healthy and active lifestyle.

The same heart transplants into another body similar in size and make-up. The more it tries to pump, the smaller the arteries become. Blood doesn’t flow. Electrical signals cut in and out. Valves malfunction.

But the heart must do what it was designed to do! It continues to beat against the host’s will.

Organ failure. Organ rejection.

Am I the wasted heart?

“I am so happy to see you…”

The caretaker leads me outside. Yes, I noticed the pavement caving in few weeks ago. And there is also a crack that is 2 feet long. We go downstairs.

The electrical meter room has a hole cut out and a pump to prevent the unholy matrimony of electricity and water.

It’s been like this for years, she claims. Apparently, there is a leak in the water main, and the local telecoms provider pumps out their pipe sleeve and manhole every few day.

She said she saved the entire building from complete meltdown.

I don’t know enough to disagree.

Yet, I can’t help but wonder why this wasn’t fixed long ago. And seriously reconsider the benefits of ownership. I just paid $5000 once off maintenance fee on top of monthly levy and shared costs to resolve overdue paint job worth $200k. Now, this?