I ran like hell for years

                              diving In at last
but they hauled me Out by one leg
                                              screaming
                                              choking wet
                                              not knowing why

I
was a stranger
                 so they asked
                          whatsyourname?andwheredidyoucomefrom?anddoyouknowwhereyouare?andwhy?

sure, I said
           (figuring on a week or two)
im Me and i came from salem
                                     mass
          or my mother's womb
                            if you prefer
(after all i wasn't on the Witness Stand)
im here because my Life was stolen...

then
                          needing shit and piss and blood
                          they traded me
some pills and bitter juice
which i DIDN'T WANT

                          after which
I was weighed calibrated printed
               judged sentenced shot and filed

so i screamed
and they helped me
                   tossing javelins in my
poor mistreated ass

                         to shut me OFF
and electrocuted me every other day
until i was finally dead
                                   whereupon

Everyone smiled and offered
felicitations etcetera and stamped
my Passport
                 CURED!!!
                           turned the locks
and let me go
                         making cute remarks on the way
out

goddammufuckshit i offered
                         and walked away

looking for my Life. ~ James Cahoon

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