I'D Like To Go And Live In A Madhouse For An Undefined Amount Of Time To See If I Really Took To It, Or If My Image Of It Was Completely Unrealistic And I'D Have To Leave Comments

You wouldn't like to be committed, trust me. I've worked in places like that and it's not good. I didn't feel safe in any of them.

'That have made you a madman Or just a crackpot or moron.' 'you' might 'better be' 'someone'! I've twice been 'mental health arrested', meaning taken 'by force' by police to spend a fun time in a 'normal hospital' JUST BECAUSE i 'said' the word 'suicide';

stanza 5 may be my favorite one. Anyone thinking this: 'I thought about trying to get committed once.'...should see the movie One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, from 1975. : )

'Normally' I'd frown upon a poet capitalizing the first word of each line, regardless whether it is the start of a sentence or a 'proper noun'. But I had no problem with this poem.

stanza 1: 'else'...I'd use 'else's'. 'Shoes', huh? I KNOW (that) MY shoes are too old for ME! ! Can you 'say' split seams and holes? But I DO have a newer/better pair. : )

Gary, I'm pleased that I stumbled upon this poem. ***** and a favorite. I THINK I'm 'moron' than more off. My 3rd wife sometimes called me a 'moron'....in an endearing way. My 4th calls me an autistic at times, as though there is somethin' strange about being one. Hmm? ? bri : )

'The way of the shut in.' How about 'shut-in' **? ** 'A shut-in is a person who is confined to their home, a room, or bed due to illness or disability, and rarely or never leaves home. '

I think line ELEVEN 'wants' the word 'More' at its start.. Stanza 3 was somewhat humorous, but .........I did not laugh.