Alone With The Shrink

“Look at this ink-blot and what do you see?”
“Men in white jackets are coming for me.” 
“Some see a rainbow and some see a ring,”
“God only knows, I don’t see a damn thing.”

“Look a bit closer and what can you tell?”
“Lock me up quick ’cause I think I’m in Hell.” 
“There is a story or there is a song,”
“Call me a liar, I think you are wrong.”

Showing me ink-blots will drive me insane,
Doctors want answers when playing their game,
Thinking they know what goes on in my head,
I’ll never tell them; they won’t find a shred.

I am a secret that no one will know,
Hiding my feelings, not letting them show,
Making up stories to lead them astray,
Make them believe all the things that I say.

“I’ll say ‘desire’, now what will you say?”
“I’ll say I’m tired and don’t want to play.” 
“Something is really quite wrong in your head,”
“Why don’t you find a sane person instead.”

Call him a ‘Shrink’, but I’ll call him a liar,
Taking my money so he can retire,
I’m just as ‘normal’ as everyone here,
I’m not as crazy as what I appear.

by David Ronald Bruce Pekrul

Rating 3.00 out of 5

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One Response to Alone With The Shrink

  1. Anna_of_Poems August 9, 2008 at 8:11 am #

    Okay, hands down, bar none, this is the best yet. FANTASTIC! You obviously share my views on psychiatrists 100%. As well as one ink blot tests. I love this:

    Call him a ‘Shrink’, but I’ll call him a liar,
    Taking my money so he can retire,

    and this

    “Something is really quite wrong in your head,”
    “Why don’t you find a sane person instead.”

    “Thinking they know what goes on in my head,
    I’ll never tell them; they won’t find a shred.”

    I mean there are so many lines I love though. This is amazing. Thank you so much for posting here!

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