The Diagnosis

[Other]

 

I was ten the first time they shaved my head and oiled it

and burnt it as proof of their diagnosis.

Mother was watching that day through a tiny window and

I could see my reflection bleeding in her eyes.

Then White light so WHITE everything disappeared but pain

and I have not seen my mother, since.

Now, there are new technologies to prove my madness and

keep me here as a specimen of their diagnosis.

They explain in tongues to fool themselves, not me;  I know

better.

 

They have too much at stake to ever let me go.

 

 

 

[Angela]

The stuff of nightmares, and science fiction movies.  Well done.

[Bill Floyd]

Suggestive, measured, creepy, controlled.  Effective.  

[Ron. Lavalette]

Modern diagnostics not much more sophisticated, or conclusive.

[bolton carley]

creepy.  a total cult-like/alien/cancer patient creepfest.  yikes!

[Gita]

A horror story in six sentences. Well done.