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Only the Mad Love Me

 

Only the mad are in love with me
they long for me between their medicines
they long to bear children
almost as much as they long for death.
Almost as much as they long for death.
We'll watch over the child at midpoints
and ship it to grandparents for
peaks
valleys
and while we're waiting for new dosages to kick in.
The child will drink breast milk 
laced with serotonin reuptake inhibitor
that way it won't cry so often
that way it won't laugh so hysterically.
We'll crush the pills
and mix them into applesauce
oatmeal
ice cream bribes.
When it is old enough
we will sit down with it
and tell it
why it sometimes longs for death.