Poetry

Philton: Uniform Solution

Uniform Solution   Trees are green through window bars Dimitri paces from wall to wall I’d like to know who’s in my head White uniforms demand servility   Dimitri paces from wall to wall Larry saw the cuckoo’s nest White uniforms demand servility We swallow coloured straitjackets   Larry saw the cuckoo’s nest We patients are bottles with labels We swallow coloured straitjackets At 6am nude line for showers   We patients are bottles with labels The headphones are not for music At 6am nude line for showers Peter choked vomit from his secret pills   The headphones are not…

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