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“The Mad Room

It’s where I go when I’ve lost my temper,
my mind on fire, no way around or out
of the chair on the dirt floor in the cellar.

I’m not one to give into her pressure,
as corporal punishment is all it’s about.
It’s where I go when I’ve lost my temper.

Why does it seem she relishes trouble?
The soap in my mouth, the foamy shout,
only the hard chair hears my whimper.

It’s where I go when I’ve lost my temper.
The bare light bulb hums, little doubt
I will die alone, kids the curious spider.

My bottled-up scream, I can never tell her
comes from the fear of living without
her love, not from her duty as a mother.

The room closes in, but I don’t bother
to move an inch. Everything is silent
except the hiss of pipes, an angry mother.
It’s where I go when I’ve lost my temper.”
― Jim Frazee