Triple Schizophrenia

13 Jul 2010

·TomChapman

At a very early age (one day old) my grandfather called me Mickey, and the name stuck. Some other family members called me by my second given name - so I became accustomed to hearing all three at various times. The reference is to one of John Keats' best known sonnets. 'Senior' in the penultimate line needs to be pronounced with three syllables, not 'senya' as our Australian vernacular might express it. Triple Schizophrenia "O solitude! If I must with thee dwell" — Those words once flowed from John Keats' inky quill; And, if in solitude he spent a spell, He asked a kindred soul to share his ill. I, on the other hand, can talk to Gra, As old and life-long friends, like thieves, we're thick; Or further, as a threesome, many a day, I resurrect my old acquaintance, Mick. I feel I have advantage over Keats, As I can think as Tom, or Mick, or Gra, So sitting at the table in three seats We contemplate on what we have to say. I thus, at this time, as a senior, Enjoy my triple schizophrenia.

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