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Psychiatric Lingo
How can I explain to you,
A sunset through dead trees?
Yet,
You want my symptoms
Explained to you
In words.
If I could see red,
And you only grey,
How could I explain vibrancy?
You call it mania.
Sir,
You don't understand.
You say
"Everyone gets anxious"
But I think you mean "nervous"?
I feel like
It'd be more treatable
By modern medicine,
If it happened to
Rich
White
Me...
Wednesday 4th January 2017 6:38 pm
A Typical Day on the Psychiatric Ward
Wake up at eight after a fitful sleep
Stagger into the day room where a depressed woman weeps
Dressed in a nightie she shouts and bawls
While the staff are outside waiting for role call
Eating soggy cornflakes watching Jeremy Kyle
In come the cleaners in uniforms they file
Cleaning the bedrooms it's pretty hard slog
One pulls a vacuum like dragging a dog
...
Thursday 31st October 2013 7:04 am
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