Rusty Lamp
the madman is out with a gun.
you’d better run—
the world, at times, is no longer fun.
paranoia rocks the fragile mind;
they are broken up inside.
everyone sees their silent cries,
but hears only their loudest lies.
felons in lace,
filling empty space—
lonely and false in the head
of the mirror man, in pain.
life is fragile,
and he is so insane.
James Garratt – December 1992
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Rusty Lamp – Written December 1992 (Aged 17)
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