who's in charge ?

[saw]

I was institutionalized

that was the pc way of saying
my family had me involuntarily committed
that was their official version
how they enlightened the curious onlookers

but behind closed doors I'm sure
it sounded more like this, " Oh My
it's so sad about that boy, you know
they put him in the Nut House."

they gave me all the free Thorazine
I didn't want, let me watch TV all day long
look at all the pictures, in out-of-date magazines
this is how I learned all the right answers

when the shrink asked me how I felt
I told her I had this overwhelming urge
to purchase things at the mall with plastic cards.
They released me.

[zero_hero]

They "tranquilize themselves with the trivial"—and so they can lead normal lives. ... We can say that the essence of normality is the refusal of reality

Emily Dickinson—The Denial of Death

[dadio]

Spot on.