booby hatch blues

when there's no place left to take the breakdown.
 none you haven't rampaged and ravaged yet.
 plunge a pair of scissors in your chest.
 stick a steak knife in your neck.
 when staying course and praying isn't paying off.
 and love is all just lust and loss.
 play dirty pool and russian roulette
 with the pistola and the bayonette.
 you can't make up your mind
 without losing your head.
 to survive is losing big.
 trade arts and crafts with the staff
strapped in a straight jacket
 for the vegetable gig.
 the padded room is a concrete block.
 take a time out
 bite down for the shock.
 pacing the ward with your words drooling.
 the doctor is drilling.
 brain dead and no fooling.