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Sanity

By sueh

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They tell me that sanity is a subjective thing Open to interpretation But I have trouble Trusting ‘them’ and I Worry that insanity is maybe more The thing I should be worried about Afterall, ItsnotlikeIfeelallthatnormalanymore And its Not that the voices are any quieter Or that my dreams are any Less scary But they (there they are again) Tell me that I worry too much I guess They think That it is all in my mind These things that I see and hear And they may be right That’s where the voices seem to come from Afterall And maybe they are normal And everyone hears them Maybe Its not just me And these things I feel I have to do Are not so strange I wonder as I  Pick up the uzi (borrowed from the junkie down the street) Now HE doesn’t think I’m crazy either And walk into the McDonalds Written February 27th, 2002 © on Feb 27 2002 03:53 AM PST   0 • 1

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