8 Billion Wards of the States
All 8 billion of us
have mental illness
some
subtly
so
others profound
it's a matter of degree
of shade.
Some are reachable and adapt
become chefs-CEOS- presidents
others curl inward
cannibalize themselves
crapping out
psychopaths
creeping about
raking fangs along
the thinning peace cloud...
We've emptied asylums
population is at critical mass
somebodies going to crack
place an iron neck upon the tracks
derail societal peace
plucking lives
off the vine
before
they're
ripe.
Some are unreachable just outside the grasp.
They'll never adapt
They'll never climb out of the rattlesnake pit.
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