Lock-Step

The sheriff sez: “She’s bizarre”
The clinician sez: “Decompensating”
The shrink sez: “Schizoid/paranoid/non-compliant/less than ME.”

She sez: “I like bright colors”
She sez: “A spiritual breakthrough”
She sez: “You’ve called me every name in the DSM but it doesn’t help.”

The prosecutor sez: “Jail her she won’t take her pills”
The public defender sez: “Long probations coerce cooperation”
The judge sez: “You must take your meds or I’ll put you in jail.”

She sez: “The pill’s too strong, it makes me crazy”
She sez: “Don’t you hear me, the meds are wrong for me”
She sez: “Why don’t you listen, you’ll kill me with these toxic pills!”