Sanitarium Blues (Adult) Poem by Tammy Hendrix ~ A Soul in Pieces

Corpses line hallways

Vacant faces with Thorazine grins

Bodies tuned to madness

For having lived outside the box

Caught between worlds

Muse sigils to insane gods

In the fissure of their philosophy

While standing in their own filth.

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Antiheroes with opaque observations

Save invisible maidens, long awaited loves

Fancied since childhood

To the naked eye ghostly, yet as real

As the superpowers they possess.

While young ladies with gray hair

Sing a haunting melody to dead babies

And a superman who never showed.

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Unkempt interns smoke cigarettes

Put them out on the floor

Little faith in humanity

Wish for something more

Knowing in truth

They are where they belong

Riding the train to happiville

By way of patients stolen needles.

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I here in my jacket

Without the strength to just let go

Dream of blood-soaked demons

With teeth as sharp as knives

Stabby things that rape me

And bumps in the night

Surrender all hope

Unable to define the norm

Have accepted my fate

This is my home.

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©Tammy Hendrix 2021