What 

is 

Madness?


**Prey tell?**


If it is not

a

Ball and Chain 

tethered 

to a 


**PATRIARCHAL&nbsp;&nbsp;FIGUREHEAD?**

bathsheba

What is madness?

Jun 6, 2026

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you're on one again, haha ...brilliantly put bathtub

pebbles

love it !!- seems the wet weather has bought us all into our poetic haven ... if i had only known i would of bought chocolate cake x

helen

You can only hope the patriarchal figurehead trips up in the chain and chokes....
Meh... it's all I got, I only came in with promise of cake... Pebbles!

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Madness is a short trip for me so may I just roll in the chocolate cake.. I'm in a mood... Great point made lol...

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u reeeaaaaally aren't keen on patriarchal figureheads are u baths? as uncompromising and as laser-accurate as ever. nice one ; )

eileen-mcgreevy

randy-psomas-wiafe

john-patrick-robbins-aka-gonzo

Baths it's dam good to be reading your work again.
 really like this one cause i know a little bout madness 
I know go figure.

You are and always will be a straight shooter  
and i dont care what anyone ses your one of the good one's hahah.

Honestly you'll always be one of the best writers on the site and one of my favorite reads.
you always hit the nail on the head  and never waste a single line  great work  

stay crazy  your slightly insane  friend
 John


neva-flores

This is too awesome, did you guys save me any chocolate cake???????  I want to have my piece and yours too...............

perig3e

Margret Atwood's  take on it and worth reading a few times.  http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bored/
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The ball-chain-tether,
holds, it is it's place,
though can not bind you, nor a feathered thought
which will unyoke by the merest zephyr.

GJJ all rights reserved by the author

phantom

Have you been reading dark poetry again? ; )

joel-m-frye

So pitch the ball off the nearest dock and see if good ol' Dad can swim....

corkey-hawley

What is Madness? Cold B da penis & balls of a youth ill spent, Doc