Tardive Dyskinesia

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Tardive Dyskinesia  - Version 2 05/02/26

Locked in
a secure ward, 
a medicated occupant
tilts his head back
to compensate for eyeballs 
rolling up into a vacant skull.
    Drool 
           drips 
     down
from a gaping mouth
until a nurse arrives
to realign the cranium
toward the dinner plate.

I can't sit
with the others
-- it upsets them

 
Tardive Dyskinesia

Locked in
a secure ward a medicated occupant
tilts his head back
to compensate for eyeballs rolling
up into a vacant skull.
Mouth begins to gape and drool
drips down disgustingly
until a nurse comes along
to realign the cranium
towards the dinner plate.

I can't sit
with the other patients
-- it upsets them