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MatthewHarris in Poetry & Free Verse

Rendered self lame courtesy obsessive compulsive behavior

Handy dandy blues clues plain

all purpose favorite refrain

i.e. "impossible mission"

courtesy complimentary doppelganger

G.I. ("Government Issue", "General Issue",

or "Ground Infantry") Jane

in tandem with Alyson Chain

comes to the rescue attempting

to describe entrenched nonproductive

crippling psychological mindset ascertain

most any reader would consider insane

embedded deep within

genetic code possibly

inherited maternal grandfather,

who emigrated nineteenth century Ukraine,

he (purportedly tailor by trade)

only spoke Yiddish, language used by Jews

in central and eastern Europe

before the Holocaust.

Originally German dialect with

words from Hebrew, and

several modern languages and

today spoken mainly in US, Israel, and Russia.

Mental illness, (or predisposition thereof)

linkedin courtesy heredity,

supposition nuts so crazy nor insane,

yet nothing further about biology

Iberia lee kant hex Spain

emotional status concomitantly

intertwined with possible causes

such as: Autoimmune, Behavioral,

Cognitive, Neurological,

Environmental - inextricably lodged

within cerebral domain

manifesting as countless

fixations, I disdain

(in retrospect) precious time forsaken,

and absolute zero benefits to gain,

and inflicted severe strain

father and mother felt helpless,

especially when anorexia nervosa

nearly imperiled life source villain

rent asunder body electric drivetrain

brought corporeal standstill

loosed maniac running

rampant within brain

emaciation delivered me

at death's door

prescribed medications Mellaril and Elavil

nsync with psychiatric intervention plus

mother as licensed practical nurse wayne

wright me malnourished body nutrient fortified drinks,

I passively did abstain

eventually grudgingly gained

weight buffering scrawny skeletal

skein knee membrane definitely

stunted growth plus chain

reaction impacted livingsocial

courtesy thank you me private Charlemagne

promoted cultural revival known

as Matthew Scott Harris'

Carolingian Renaissance.

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