Full Deck

games within games within games

By BrenPublished 3 years ago • Updated 3 years ago • 1 min read

plagued by invisible wounds

that won’t ever mend

not completely mental

but not all the way round the bend

somewhere near crazy

somewhere near free

but not half as insane

as i thought i would be

i’m not exactly...

the sharpest knife in the drawer

didn’t know it was a contest

or that someone was keeping score

i did not know

or would not have guessed

that this was just a game

another teasing paranoid test

not quite a full blown loony

but nowhere near mad

reasons to be cheerful

to be cheerful or sad?

a picnic missing sandwiches

a slab short of a six pack

not all the bats are in the belfry

not playing with a full deck

“I know what I mean it to be and respect that someone else may read something entirely different.” Me

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