Abstract
MR WADOWSKI
Aropax and Zanax, Prozac and Paroxetine
Anafranil and Ativan we tried the lot
In holding years, we never got
The rot to stop, you never once felt fine.
Every week a side-effect removed the sheen
Of progress promised in the week, another blot
The sadness limpet loosened but we'd have to stop.
We never got the balance right and ran out of time.
No other human in your flat in seven years
To share obsessions and queer fears.
The decision was your own, to end it all
But, your mind unduly influenced itself.
We struggled with your strangled health
Now, I'm waiting for the Coroner to call.
A LAST DIP
Anton air swam this morning
Form the forth floor to the ground,
On the way he screamed a warning
To the people standing around.
From the forth floor down
He thought about those underneath,
The people standing around,
The gravity sucking his breath.
He thought about those underneath
Leaving us facing the music,
The gravity sucking his breath,
The family, the papers and public.
Leaving us facing the music.
We tried every drug in the book,
The family, the papers and public,
We shocked him till his body shook.
We tried every drug in the book.
Nothing made any difference
We shocked him till his body shook.
We know about pain and pretence
Nothing made any difference.
We'll cop it from rumour and papers,
We know about pain and pretence,
We'll be known as the negligent loafers
We'll cop it from rumour and papers.
Anton air swam this morning
We'll be known as negligent loafers.
If you want my job please hear his warning.