“And the means to be used were multiple – perhaps behavior therapy, cognitive therapy, and even psychopharmaceuticals – for the aim is to reshape brain mechanisms in order to nip those budding psychopaths in the bud.”

Mental Hospital

1700 – Waiting

In line with the others

white robe on my back

lose fitting scrubs adorn my body

I shuffle along

1730 – waiting

There is nothing to do at this time

I am told I have to be here

I am abnormal along with the others

we come from all over

and we are different

1800 – pills

this is how they control us

we all have tendencies

an urge to commit random acts of antisocial behavior

we do not fit in

we are not normal

1805 – waiting

there is nothing to do

but sit and wait

the time is told through waiting

time between appointments

waiting for someone to judge us

1900 – waiting

it is night and all have gone but the few defenders

we must be kept under constant watch

for we are different

but we are ourselves

and all of that is changing

I can feel it each and every night

as pharmaceuticals are thrust down my throat

on a constant regiment

2000 – waiting

I am just waiting to die

one second hand at a time

I am locked in a prison

and all there is to do is wait

I am a threat to society

to my own safety

and they seek to change me

to form me into something malleable and moldable

they seek to make me social

2100 – lights out