Catatonic Humanity

Zacarias da Mata/Adobestock

POETIC REFLECTIONS

American stupor and mutism

a prevalent condition for melancholic souls

Grimacing is now the status quo.

Repetitive wiping of tears

for human’s egotism

Muscles grieve rigid societal ideologies

Refusal to eat and drink

diversity of thought and perspective

Waxy flexibility is hyperbole

A benzo challenge for withdrawn

spirits searching for renewed connection

Humanity pines for resurrection

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Dr Clark is an outpatient psychiatrist at Prisma Health-Upstate and clinical associate professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville. He served on the American Psychiatric Association’s Task Force to Address Structural Racism Throughout Psychiatry, and he currently serves as the Diversity and Inclusion section editor and advisory board member for Psychiatric Times^TM.