Keys by Tohm Bakelas Who Is the Clown? by Ida Saudkova, ca 2000 keys i’m sitting in a treatment team meeting listening to a floridly psychotic patient speak absolute nonsense and watch him shake from the years of thorazine restraints and self-abuse and as he rambles on laughing to himself i begin to wonder what separates him from me and me from him i only figured it out after he reaches under my chair picks up my fallen keys and places them in my hand About the Author: Tohm Bakelas is a social worker in a psychiatric hospital. He was born in New Jersey, resides there, and will die there. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, zines, and online publications. He is the author of several chapbooks and a full length book of poetry. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and he intends to conquer the small press and exclusively publish within. More at https://tohmbakelaspoetry.wordpress.com or Instagram: @flexyourhead Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Published by fragmentedvoices A small, independent press based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, and Prague, the Czech Republic View all posts by fragmentedvoices