Unhinged

A man jumped on the subway tracks, Delaying every train. He paced and shouted; people asked him What he hoped to gain. He ranted incoherently Yet strangers offered aid, Despite the fact that they’d be late For plans they might have made. As minutes passed, nobody Could convince him he should stop, But he climbed up at last Where he was handcuffed by a cop. Reporters called the man “unhinged,” As good a word as any, For lately, that description Might apply to far too many.