Tuesday, August 09, 2005

 

For Danny: 2/4/2003 - The O.B. Walking Man

by Victor Shanti

We have abolished the insane asylum
We have by fiat and concensus
Normalized the mentally ill.
From that self-righteousness,
is it consequent that
In our streets scores perambulate
Muttering aloud within earshot
Of those to whom they are not speaking?

Some are wirelessly wired
To cellular net.
Those not netted are slain
By insane coward police.


We thought we'd abolished the asylum insane,
When its walls were rendered,
Its denizens released
But, alas, all we've done
Is its perimeter increased.

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# posted by Victor Shanti @ 5:30 PM
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