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The Stamp and the Stigma

The office of credibility Stamps their approval Signifying A latent rising over the stalk Chafing, is the stigma Medicalizing or criminalizing The avid loophole watermarks Blurry in their dispossesion Searching for means to an end What end of perspective? Could ask for proof Of insanity In a doctors authoritative opinion Avoid the brain drain because the permanent records track Putting the mark of cain On social histories of the past

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 5/20/2012 10:57:00 AM
A profound statement about modern institutions. Many poets walk the edge of madness, and sometimes I cross over.
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Justin Debrosse
Date: 5/20/2012 11:00:00 AM
It might be an instincive urge to be free at all costs

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