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Feb 2017
They knew that the voices told me what to do
so they punished me and
threw away the key,

the voices had already let me know that
I should go and willingly
to Bellevue Chase Infirmary

and that's the way to work the charm
a couple ofΒ voices
a bit of self harm
an addiction or two.

I told them
they knew
because they
have to be right
so we spin them a yarn
which makes a bed for the night.

Then a titch of therapy
let them see
you see what's wrong
and before too long
they let you free

see
I knew they never threw away the key.
John Edward Smallshaw
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John Edward Smallshaw  68/Here and now
(68/Here and now)   
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   Keith Wilson
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