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‘Dear Mania, don’t call back later’

a prose poem, written by someone diagnosed with schizophrenia

By h.a.lainePublished 4 months ago 1 min read
‘Dear Mania, don’t call back later’
Photo by Matt Hearne on Unsplash

—- your red light shines through my window. like a steady solipsism. an ache between the thighs. of Ra and his rye. an eye always on me. a brightly colored, burning body and a mind like chalk made of kerosene.

and the car I came home in is still on fire in the driveway.

figuratively speaking, ten different commandments are currently meeting within a holy division. and you don’t have to know their answer in order to feel it. three of hell’s greatest messiahs in a penthouse, waiting for me to strip naked.

every day is just another slow, steady shower alone. a gallon of gasoline gripped in each hand. igniting a way, and away, and away.

Mental HealthProseStream of Consciousnesssurreal poetry

About the Creator

h.a.laine

writer, telepathist, alien translator. diagnosed with schizophrenia. I write prose poetry and create digital art to describe my experiences.

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