A Schizophrenic Testimony

The only time that I got kissed
Was by Jesus the Ventriloquist
(That was the time I slashed my wrist
After seeing my psychiatrist):
They give me injections in my bum
To make me truly deaf and dumb -
No wonder I'm a religious freak
When it's His language that I speak! !

poem by John Thorkild Ellison
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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