"The old mantram" | 2 [55 words]

"We need high-quality patience, this is an elite wing," the orderly remarked, turning on a foot, with a step possibly borrowed from ballet.

"Mealy-mouthed, passive-aggressive: unacceptable," he added. As if I required this juvenile elaboration?

I knew what was coming next. "Infinite patience balanced with infinite longing, is the ticket." The old mantram.

d.i.

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