A Mental Illness
...Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Parent presents herself as distressed, concerned, loving
Major caregiver to child who appears perpetually sickly
Child’s symptoms are exaggerated
Worse yet, sometim...
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Categories:
munchausen, parents,
Form: Free verse
Sentimentality
...Oh the humanity
the humanity
Oh spare me the grief
thy fake tears
woe is me, mentality
syrupy behaviour
Munchausen propensity
it sticks between my teeth
Oh spare me the pathos
ha...
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Categories:
munchausen, anti bullying, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Munchausen By Proxy
...Sometimes she will talk of it, not often,
but maybe her mother, just to see how she is doing,
opens a door in her mind again.
Dead mother, in her very special way, still cares.
When young, ver...
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Categories:
munchausen, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Depression Is
...Some savor living distressed; love dejection-Munchausen syndrome
accustomed to attention, adoration; playing-victim- energy vampires
adore escapism, douse in self-pity, darkness;-sorrow...
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Categories:
munchausen, conflict, confusion, depression, lost,
Form: Free verse
Opus 13
...The world is spinning
and you refuse to fall off.
Yesterday,
you stabbed a crooked finger
into my hidden diary
criticized my Fascist inflections -
debated my scribblings
on Marxism,
noted the notati...
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Categories:
munchausen, lost love, love
Form: Free verse