PERCEPTION 2

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Family Room 4:44pm

According to My Perception

There Is No Such Thing

as an “illness”

Schizophrenia

The Schizophrenia Society is barking

up the wrong tree —

when My Brother received

His “diagnosis” at 21

that was the end of His Free Thinking

His Creative Mind Had Gone As Far

as society would let It —

at My Insistence

that My Brother didn’t “have” schizophrenia

My Father Francy declared:

“Well, Howard certainly has Something

Yes, He Had A Creative Human Mind Influenced

By His Unique Perception