"Counting the Mad" by Donald Justice

[Peffkitten]

"Counting the Mad" by Donald Justice

This on was put in a jacket,
This one was sent home,
This one was given bread and meat
But would eat none,
And this one cried No No No No
All day long.

This one looked at the window
As though it were a wall,
This one saw things that were not there,
This one things that were,
And this one cried No No No No
All day long.


This one thought himself a bird,
This one a dog,
And this one thought himself a man,
An ordinary man,
And cried No No No No
All day long.

why does that remind me of the owl and the pussycat?

[Charlie]

teaandbiscuits said:

why does that remind me of the owl and the pussycat?

Because you're a strange strange person. ;D

[Peffkitten]

For God's sakem, you fools, it is a satirical poem lampooning the treatment of mental patients under the NHS and all you talk about is bloody Lear and his bloody nonsense rhymes!

Doesn't it upset you? Don't feel horrified for the "normal" man?? Don't you feel sickened at his treatment? DO YOU FEEL ANYTHING??

[Charlie]

oh um.....yessssssssss yesssss i feeeeel paiiiiiin.

[Peffkitten]

PHILISTINE! YOU HAVE NO SOUUUUUL!