the old enfeebled
are seated
in a quadrangle of chairs
placed in the centre of the dayroom
old schizophrenics
and dementias
…this is a dead
parrot…
disembodied discussion
about a prone norwegian blue
fills the ward
from end to end
through overhead speakers
today’s In-Charge
is a monty python fan
the rest of us
better learn to be
~
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Author:
Frank Prem (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Franks Psychiatry Pt - student daze.
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Comments3
One of the unforgettable sketches.
(My wife has dementia and it is worsening day by day).
Sorry to hear that GF. It's a hard road.
I really love this... I'm trying to write a book about the construct of mental health.
I like poems that make me feel before I make sense of the picture.
Cheers, Sylvia. Good luck with the book. It's such a complex field - history and present, treatment and abuse.
Glad you enjoyed the piece.
Frank,
This is a great one!
The euphemisms in the
“Dead Parrot Sketch” are
phenomenal...as are
Monty Python!
~Laura~
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