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Poem Details
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| Title: | What I Learned in the Mental Hospital |
| Author: | Meredith Sloan |
| Date Submitted: | 12/3/2013 |
| Poem: |
1. Get your own water I stumbled out of my room in a lithium daze 4 a.m.? “Water,” I gasped, and the tech in the black scrubs pointed to the machine. “You’ll need a cup first,” he added. 2. Go to group I spent most of group time half asleep. Counting minutes. Glazing over other people’s stories. But I always talked when it was my turn. Someone listened. So I went. 3. Sharpen the crayons I felt like a child, probably because I am one, but the swirls of wax color over the grid of a crossword puzzle helped me feel like a genius or at least a human capable of something like art.... |