BUT WHAT ABOUT 

THE PSYCHOPATHS

He travels to work

by train and bus

he walks through 

the door with a smile

and patiently waits

inside a cupboard

full of chemicals and rags

he sits on a bucket and

reads the Koran.

Another man recently bereaved parks on the hill

he too waits patiently in

his car and reads a encyclopaedia about

guns and ammunition 

with a large magnifying glass.

A lady with flaming red hair

sits on the steps she reads

a romantic novel to fill in

the time and the lonely void

in her life.

A Mother anxiously waits

for the cries she can

already hear 

the time is 3'oclock

it is always raining

at 3'o'clock.

Obedient and bedraggled dogs are tethered

to fences 

the children are

barking mad and

so is the janitor 

who is full of high art 

and homeless.

Thank God this isn't America.

Avie.