Twisted Lies

"Oh, that way madness lies."

-William Shakespeare

i.

A thunder clap sounds -

BOOM -

as the rain patters down on the roofs, in sync with

howls

screams

coming from off in the distance

from men and woman whom Death

had assumed a relatively kind face.

ii.

TELL ME, do you

believe in hysteria?

Insanity?

In,

Perhaps,

Madness?

iii.

And do you ever think sometimes,

these people are just as sane as you are?

(And they do not say it,

do not speak of it,

but they're laughing,

laughing long and hard,

at you).

iv.

You do like to believe that you're not (completely) mental?

(or am I wrong?)

But have you ever

thought that maybe you are the mental ones

and they're all completely (deceitfully) levelheaded?