free on credit

[saw]

they institutionalized her

doesn't sound too bad, does it
it's the PC way that families use,
when they really want to say,
Oh, you didn't hear
she's in the nut house

they put her on a weight loss diet
it was called Thorazine and Shocks
let her watch plenty of TV
this is how she learned to trick them
when her shrink asked her how she felt

she told him she had an uncontrollable urge
to buy things with plastic cards

they released her

[constantine]

spastic on plastic - the great society.

[judih]

like a Rorschach test
you see what you see
'free on credit' - brilliant

[dadio]

fine poem & theme.

[mnaz]

sometimes it seems the whole damn economy is a "house of (plastic) cards." and the wind is starting to pick up. are we broke yet?

[stilltrucking]

they consumerized her.

neat poem
thanks

[edsiejka]

Great poem...sad but accurate. Only God protects the elderly.

[saw]

thanx for all the great comments.....it's cool to hear what people are thinking....feeling........peace & happy writing.......it's spring !

[snowman]

funny and sad at the same time