CIRCUS ACT 1971

A GIRL IN A PSYCHIATRIC WAD IN 1971 WITH A BROKEN MIND

Had he shown

at the church

on the day

Yiska knows

she'd be back

from her fresh

honeymoon

to a life

as his wife

but the git

never showed

& left her

all alone

in the church

with the guests

& parents

& broke her

she sits now

in the ward

all locked up

with others

suicides

depressives

drug addicts

alcohol

type addicts

& others

who like her

left broken

in their minds

Benny's there

beside her

wrist bandaged

where he'd slit

with a blade

she watches

as he stares

at the floor

she's done that

slit a wrist

tried hanging

from the cord

from the pink

dressing gown

from the door

but some nurse

rescued her

(bloody b***h)

it's snowing

Benny says

his eyes raised

looking out

the window

so it is

she mutters

watching flakes

of whiteness

falling down

seemingly

& darkly

a circus

& she just

a sad clown.