The Commitment Hearing

Go out and make your own speeches. People need you. Go on TV. It can be done. After you speak up a few times, people say, “Hey, we got a crazy man in the community,” and they’ll begin talking to you. – Ray Bradbury

Plump Pimpled 
Public Defender swears 
just like the last time 
there's nothing wrong 
with me 
and my rights 
are being squashed

and right about here 
is where 
I lost 
the sound 
of his voice, 
let alone the content.

Curvaceous 
Court-Appointed Psychiatrist 
testifies 
I am not a danger 
to myself 
or others.  

See, right there, 
somebody 
should challenge her credentials.  
I'd really like to take her 
out to lunch, 
if you know what I mean, 

but you can't say shit 
like that  more.
That's just insane.
You'll get in trouble.

Okay.  Well, then.  
They say I am fine.
Would be crazy 
to argue with them.
And I'm not crazy, right?
Right??

I'm talkin' to YOU.