do not disturb

 

anesthetize the 4 chambers,

medicate the selves within

chase those little inchoate 

voices into a reprimanding 

corner until they learn to 

behave

but which one of I

will do the reprimanding

and who is really chasing

who in this rhetorical cycle

of questioning

the heart is becoming 

spastic now and the

medication is kicking in

I am doctor and patient

and the rooms are all white

and padded and windowless

but there are trees in my 

head and children laughing 

and no one around to supervise

I am not here right now,

as obvious as the sign on 

the door says

do not disturb

(Phot by S.D.G Photographie on flickr.com)