Sketch Twelve

This bed is unusual. It move with a press of a finger. The dull white does not shine, does not scream "come sleep in me." Wheels hold this bed up. The mattress fluctuates with weight, and people are told it is for comfort. I have sat on this bed; I find no comfort in this mattress that sinks when in an upright position. For a specialty bed, a person would assume that comfort would be the upmost importance. That is my problem, I assume. This bed, which moves with a press of a finger, has its difficulties, or I should say the administrator who attempts to use it. The symbols are not perfectly clear to what part of the bed shall move, or where certain latches are to allow access to the bed. This bed is like reading a binary code; only the maker understands it. Uncomfortably a person lies in this bed with sheet and blanket draped over the edges, with tubes and wires streaming to and from the person, hoping not to get caught in the action of the bed. This bed is not made for comfort, it is made to make the person "get better," for a person to "want" his or her own bed. Where is the healing in that?