In Bed with Schizophrenia Edit 1 Rowens (both of them), true and I think billy

[tectak]

I think it captures a schizophrenec's obsession with self but shows too much /awareness/ of self, if you know what I mean. Starting with the first line, "the madness never knows its mind", a schizo is not so aware of their own madness in that way. Pretty much, what I am saying, is this should be third person. It reads more like "this is what I would write if I were mad" from a sane person than the actual non-aware rants of the truly mad. IOW you can proselytize the mad but you cannot proselytize the madness. Yes, the first misspelling was deliberate, i lke the way it looks.

milo

Hi milo,
Yes, you have got to the nub of it. It has problems, for sure. I am not schizoid so I am guessing. Overwhelmingly, this area of reportage verse suffers from lack of credibility...whether written by a sufferer or not. There is no good way to do it. Not an excuse....but an explanation. I must try harder.
Thanks for your input...perceptive as billy. Now who have I offended?
Best,
tectak