screamin' jay hawkins--i put a spell on you

This poem was published in Vagabonds: Anthology of the Mad Ones:
http://www.vagabondsink.com/#!archives/cb37

Transcript:

i wish we were in the same psych ward

i wish we were in the same psychward
		so we could scream our way through the windows
	so i could kiss you when the staff weren't looking
    an interchange of smile to chickened breath
fallout sincere, an epicentre emerged

	you submerge me, and i will swallow
		all the fucking pills and we could yell
		    for the nurse to fucking hurry up
		  with our commodified drugs

i wish we were in the same psychward
	so we could push notes through the walls
	    draw tattoos on our feet
		butter the puffs of bread
			one for the other

rotten regurgitated stains on our sheets
		fabric to remember
	sign our names into cheap collages
	       throw cups of juice down the hall
		tear rifts in the furniture

i wish we were in the same psychward
      so you'd know the mingle of this scar
           front to center, this isn't your mug shot
                but i want to remember you

i wish we were in the same psychward

shana

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