Psychopathology Sonnet (by Clara B. Jones)

Psychopathology Sonnet

for Judy Blume

1. I was confined for three years after he left.

2. I am mentally ill and allergic to cheese.

3a. My diagnosis is grim, but your marriage is strong.

3b. I left Munich with men who wanted a tryst.

3c. Self-actualization is my goal though I don't have a job.

4. The economy lost 8% this month, but traders are bullish.

5. Dick committed Betsy for life when she started to rebel.

6. The more choices I have the sicker I am.

7. Hitler admired Kandinsky's art but labeled it grotesque.

8. I woke from my coma after three days of treatment.

9. I am homeless now but plan to take an online course.

10. I was diagnosed bi-polar, but my son calls me schizoid.

11. Before Freud fled Vienna, he said Hitler would save him.

12. I wanted to falsify it, but Science is not my strength.

13a. I traded a bottle of Pinot Noir for a bag of chips.

13b. Replicants govern Brooktondale.

14. Anxiety is contagious but curable.