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The Last Madman

by William Sanders

saturday afternoon we went to see the madman

daddy and mama and jacky and me daddy said

we were lucky lots of people all over the world

would like to see him and would never get the chance

they had him in a big kind of room with a whole wall you could see through

some kind of special glass or plastic i guess because the guard man said

he beat his fists against it a lot he didnt do that this time though

just sat there on the bed looking at the wall jacky said

why doesn't he do something i want to see him do something crazy

mama said hush dont talk like that about the poor man daddy said

yes jacky this isn't some kind of show for your amusement

this is an educational exhibit the last living skizzofrenic

in the world jacky said whats that i said it means hes nuts

and jacky laughed and i laughed and mama said hush again and

the guard man said thats all right mam he cant hear them mama said

i dont care its cruel poor man cant they cure him daddy said

for gods sake ethel thats just like you here weve finally got rid of mental illness

no more crazies on the street bothering people you remember how

they used to scare you mama said yes but daddy said and now

theres only this one left for the scientists to study and the kids to learn by

and you want to cure him they cured too many already thats the problem

should have saved a few this big tall black man beside us said

cured my ass tell it like it is bro cured wasnt what they did

not to the ones on the street anyway daddy looked mad well he said

they did what had to be done come on ethel he pulled mamas arm and

made us all move away from the black man all of a sudden

the madman jumped up from his bed and ran to the front of his room and

started beating the glass just like the guard man said and

he was screaming real loud you he yelled looking out at the people

the guard man said he cant see you but it sure looked like he could

you bastards he yelled your the ones who are crazy your sicker than i ever was

there daddy said to jacky and me thats what skizzofrenia was like

it made people act wild and say things that made no sense wow jacky said cool

i hoped the madman would act crazy some more but he went back and

sat down again on his bed later on we all went and had ice cream

William Sanders - The Last Madman.pdf