Tag Archives: sanity

What Now?: Sicilian sonnet

What now? Is there sufficient cause for reaching beyond the edge of darkness? Will we find ourselves subjected to more endless preaching? Are we fit students for any new teaching? And what good any lesson merely bleaching the past of … Continue reading

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Call It Madness: mad song

You gawk and call it madness, a sickness that afflicts   the weak of mind,   the poor, the kind; by gods, you’re such a prick. You practice looking sideways, avoiding the fool’s eyes:   a damning mirror,   where you see clearer your … Continue reading

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Inappropriate Happiness

Maybe sanity’s a side-effect of living; some folks get it, while some others never do. It’s just a minor irritation that can do no lasting harm; you can shake it like a slight touch of the flu. Besides, in a … Continue reading

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Sanity

Sanity is a funny thing. It often seems that the more you emphasize your own sanity, rely upon it as a sure thing, compare yours to others, the more likely it is that you are in fact not sane. On … Continue reading

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