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Lobotomy

they called it mercy,
the white coats and clipboards,
a room with thick walls, sterile,
and him sitting there—
eyes like rain-soaked concrete.

Florida sun spilling in
too bright, too harsh,
as if to spotlight the damage,
to make sense of the silence,
the soft snip of scissors
cutting away at whatever was left.

he used to play cards, talk shop,
had a sharp way of cussing,
could

Categories: lobotomy, 12th grade, character,
Form: Free verse

Grinning Like He'd Had a Lobotomy

I had seen crazy gargoyles before
Anyway, I thought I had
I thought I had

But this guy was something else
With his wolf-like chin
And his oversized smile

He was grinning like he had just had a lobotomy
Perhaps he had
Perhaps he had….

Categories: lobotomy, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse

Amnesia Or Lobotomy

I don’t know which is worse amnesia or lobotomy, one you have no control over and the other you can ask to receive
One happens from an accident in which you didn’t want to lose your thoughts, and the other is used to rid your mind of monsters within your mind that crawls
I used to wish

Categories: lobotomy, angst, hurt, remember,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Musical Lobotomy

If I could purge
that part of my brain
that stores pain,
 
I would replace it 
with a soothing refrain;
Bach, Beethoven
 
or simply rain…

Categories: lobotomy, child abuse, deep, depression,
Form: Rhyme

A Lobotomy

My psychiatrist told me “All things considered...
You're as good as can be expected, given that you're skittered!”
Said, “What the hell does that mean?”
Answered, “Your brain's a bit lean!”
May have to have a lobotomy... brain's all frittered

Categories: lobotomy, age,
Form: Limerick

Lobotomy Heights

Swept under 
Dropped off
Help!!!
         No help 
A slow walk on lobotomy tracks 
No quick fix 
I am the drowning one 
Another ghost wandering the waking circus 
of the dazed
Visions of bodies ascending then dissolving 
on right atmospheres 
Eating the memory
Rearraranged across silent  gravity  maps
hidden roads

Categories: lobotomy, dark, surreal,
Form: Free verse

After a Lobotomy

After A Lobotomy

Instead of being overtly obnoxious
Could continue to remain cautious
Always careful what you say and do
Not ending up in trouble or a stew.

Make sure you are missing a mishap
And then end up falling into a trap
That someone sinister tried to set
All their odd behavior should forget.

Each action serves as a distraction
Simply trying to sway

Categories: lobotomy, adventure, allegory, analogy,
Form: Couplet

The Result of a Lobotomy

Clinging to the shape of my stomach as my body curls into a crescent.
Body aches fill every inch of me as a lobotomy is performed on my heart.
The hands of a newborn turn the screws, left, right.
Your hands, her hands, his hands,
But my heart gets no better.
Instead it no longer beats, it no longer pumps,

Categories: lobotomy, depression,
Form: Free verse

A Lovely Lobotomy Horn Limerick

A Lovely Lobotomy

Did you know there is a dichotomy,
Of people who prefer a phlebotomy;
Are not really sure of point of view,
How they should separate the few,
Who would like a lovely lobotomy.

Jim Horn

Categories: lobotomy, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Lobotomy Vita

(from The John Poems)

Transplant my heart;
I need it no more,
And remove my libido too.
Neither’s required
For this life I live,
Useless as love for you.

Lobotomize
The caring part
Of my overheated brain.
Then proceed to excise
The urge to dream.
I’ll never love again.

Categories: lobotomy, break up, depression, feelings,
Form: I do not know?

Lobotomy

I was dangerous when I killed four people because I was insane.
But some doctors cured me by removing a chunk of my brain.
Four innocent people are dead because of my insanity.
I had to be stopped because I was a threat to humanity.
I couldn't stop myself, I had to kill.
Nobody knows how bad that makes me

Categories: lobotomy, dark, death, murder, society,
Form: Rhyme