For Anne Sexton

I also have been Her Kind – for Anne Sexton

Therapy
Should be avoided,
At all costs
Use it
For shock value
To become
A liar
If you must
To see
How far astray
You can lead another
Never
Submit yourself
To the whims
Of those
That claim
To know
Something
About souls and brains
Nor should you
Make their couch
Your confessional
You will find
Yourself
Broken and smashed
Diagnosed and defeated
And they will brand you
Patient X or Y or Z
No matter
Your fragility
Is nothing more
Than a manila folder
Or a case study
After you have been
Sufficiently
Dissected
And
Dismembered
They will pat each other
On the back
For the job well done

When you accidentally kill someone,
No one cares