Sugar

black tea,
black coffee,
blackness
surrounding
this place
but an unseen
rattlesnake from
another disturbed
mind causes a
momentary break
in the murky,
indifferent bliss
of his fractured
intellect.

red scrubs
mean danger
in the minds
of outsiders,
says the paranoid
Winston Smith
within his skull.

if cowboy logic
and Harlequin
romance novels
could heal a
busted mind.

maybe I should
be pecked to death
in the right thigh
by a Northern
blue jay and
I'll bleed
to death,
or so says
the schizophrenic
doing laps around
the complex.

and that's why
sugar is available
for both coffee and tea.

Reviews

[Lilly Negoi]

brown sugar for me please :)

[johnnyqueer]

Another fantastic work of writing. Now I must make tea.

[GBU POETRY ONLY]

A sugar rush filled with imagery and raw rattling words ..
Sugar- the legal speed, over the counter drug that I use as
sparingly as possible but can't resist 75%. Good job, That1G!
GBU

[Judy Ponceby]

fascinating bit of mind wandering. loved the imagery. well done! :)

[Ed Hart]

you never leave home without your slashing sword, and a little sugar

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Sometimes we need to fantasize in order to escape the craziness of this hectic life. A very witty write.