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twinsgd
Member

since 2000-02-13

Posts 416
Ontario,Canada

0 posted 2001-04-21 08:29 AM

It's not very nice it seems to me.
You're all laughing at my friends and me.
The reason I'm living in this place.
Judge decreed  get out of my face.

I go about my drab routine
As slow as I can,I can't be seen
to act with grace  and poise  you see
As I watch those,who would watch me.

They claim I'm crazy,mad as hell.
So far my plan is working well.
They work, I loaf , they feed me bread.
They even stoop to make my bed.

Psychotic gets me three a day.
A bed  and roof and a place to slay.
No aggravation from the thugs
Living life in the hole I've dug.

Needles  and pills shocked till I twitch
Strapped and tied, prey for the Witch.
Brain turns to jelly I just sit and stare.
Can't turf me out it's not safe out there.

Here safe inside ,looking within.
Always hearing that infernal din
Moving walls and floating faces .
Catatonic , no social graces.

Skipping down the road again.
Face warmed in the gentle rain .
Stepping aside  to let them pass by.
Looking away,avoiding the eye.

[This message has been edited by twinsgd (edited 04-21-2001).]

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2001-04-21 10:42 AM

This is a good poem on a sad subject. How terrible not to be able to trust one's own mind. Thank you. Joyce

freckles
Member

since 2000-02-12

Posts 160
Virginia USA

2 posted 2001-04-21 01:59 PM

twinsgd--it's great to see you writing again. I really enjoyed reading this poem; the rhyme scheme works well. I hope to see more from you in the near future.

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

3 posted 2001-04-21 05:41 PM

This is a moving poem on a suject most of us know little about. You certainly describe this situation well.

Betty Lou Hebert

kodak
Junior Member

since 2001-04-22

Posts 10
London

4 posted 2001-04-22 07:01 PM

wow! powerful stuff

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

5 posted 2001-04-22 09:48 PM

Maybe the 'crazies' aren't so crazy after all...maybe the rest of us are. Great writing, Twinsgd. Great to see you again! How are the grandkiddies doing?

twinsgd
Member

since 2000-02-13

Posts 416
Ontario,Canada

6 posted 2001-04-24 10:38 PM

Joyce, Trillium, Kodak.  thank you all for reading and your comments  ....i must confess  I've only viewed  from a distance.

Freckles ...thank you so much  and i hope we might see some of your poetry again too.

Denise .....you might well be right....btw....do you know what has 16 hands  about 20 legs  moves lika a whirling dirvish  and is twice as destructive....twin 3 year old boys is what...and then there's the noise   ...Aaaggghhh...LOL..they're great ty.

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