A Sickened Mindset Permitted Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

A sickened mindset permitted,
Ever present and remaining ignored...
As if an approval of it has been documented.
And to validate with it presented,
Wherever one goes from shore to shore.
North, South, East or West...
An increase of mental illness has been accepted.
And rapidly replacing,
Anything anyone once regard as normal behavior.

'Why are those people over there screaming at each other? '

~ Heard someone saying 'hello' to another person,
And before I knew it all hell broke loose.~

'Perhaps they used the wrong tone of voice.
And that hello was misinterpreted as being offensive.
That's why when I pass through them...
I just share the rolling of eyes.
After doing a quick scan from head to toe.
For them that has become a greeting more accepted.'