Not So Funny Farm

Who hears the fishes when they cry? - Thoreau

Image: istockphoto.com

crying

between desperate gasps for precious air

i try to turn the sobs into chuckles

feigning that i'm okay

but then i realize that i am only laughing at myself

which lands me in the funny farm

where i cry more

off a warm, straightjacketed wall and onto a cold, johnnyed floor

in one half-open, guffawing and out another half-closed, wailing, barn door

all making me question my and god's contorted sense of humor

Author's Note

"Most men cry better than they speak. You get more nurture out of them by pinching than addressing them." - Thoreau

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

It’s a bit like the chaos theory Pete what is normal for the spider is chaos with the fly. We all have our peculiarities which have a scale followed by our level of acceptance.

[barleygirl]

We are all on the crazy spectrum, some more than others . . . and some keep it hidden better than others! (((HUGS)))

[Pete]

agreed. i think we all are - just a matter of to what degree. how could it be otherwise in this world ... :)

[R.J Calzonetti]

I’ve been in the funny farm. It’s almost like being a criminal who never committed a crime. You have no rights, no power. It’s enough to make anybody crazy.

[Pete]

the problem is that they lock up the wrong people. the really dangerous one's are walking around screwing up the world and people's lives ... :)