Institutionalized

We took his shoe laces

We do it for all of them

You can never

be too sure

who they may try

to strangle

these unpredictable savages

with their twisted thoughts

about getting high

who tell police officers

to f**k off

who then go silent

mute.

the only noise

he makes

is from strumming 

the guitar

we have

on the ward

we allow him

to keep the strings

(music never hurt anyone)

we don't know

about the 

silent

sad

songs

he sings

put them all on lithium

call them bi polar

watch the savages behave

when they're playing

the guitar

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Exquisite language and imagery! You immediately involve your readers in the ritual of the past with an exceptional presentation.