This Poem was Submitted By: arnie s WACHMAN On Date: 2003-08-27 20:36:16 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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His pants are torn and tattered He is one of the walking wounded (although he doesn’t think so) His ultimate pleasure is smoking …one lit from another His fingernails are dirty and, his fingers are burnt yellow and black There is a smile readily on his face    when you approach “I’m not crazy you know” he says with    all sincerity A once brilliant man is locked inside    ravaged by disease A most insidious disease that    drugs only manage to control So, there he sits at the outdoor café    Watching    Remembering perhaps    of a life gone by    of a life which he’ll never get back There is no hope save his dignity Rock on John!

Copyright © August 2003 arnie s WACHMAN

Additional Notes:
John suffers from Schizophrenia. He is one of my patients.


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