DOCTOR HEAL
DOCTOR HEAL THYSELF
So did you skip out of there? You know
the specialist reprieve? Not really No
The doctor looked at me skeptically when
I said: I don’t take street drugs Ditto for:
Not depressed He must have guessed that
I need street drugs to deal with all that I have seen
What’s your work? ChildPsychotherapy
Oh what kinds of problems? abuse kidnapping trauma death
Then he retracted his skepticism and became morose
Turns out his mother is happy but losing her cognitive abilities
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Summer 2013
songanddancegirl 
Hi Poet-I like this poem a lot.Simple, powerful and straight forward and very hefty.