There's A Dog At The Door
Les Hodge
i was diagnosed one year ago
following a disturbance
bipolar they said
it was the polis picked me up
they brought me in this time as well
both times to strathmore psychiatric hospital
nurses telling me to breathe
just breathe they’re going
a bag over my mouth
but it’s not working
nothing will
not till the anti-psychotics kick in
and drag me back down to earth
my folks visit me
rootle and walter visit
my uncle fortune visits
the doctors know my medication inside out
but they know fuck all about my life
where and how i live or what i do
that i’m married to marilyn
that i was kicking a ball about for a living before all this
i’ll soon be out of hospital
my second stay in a year at an end
and apart from a few outpatients appointments
i’ll be dealing with the second part of this illness alone
the heebies are already on their way
no question
cos with bipolar as the saying goes
what goes up must come down