P.T.S.I. Poem by James McLain

Post traumatic stress injury
and the Disgust
that I feel in Justifying
the Thought
that an injury inflicted on one
by another
is a Disorder, implying that the injury
is the fault of the victim's
genealogy or that they are
Mentaly ill
there is nothing normal
about being shot
raped or severely injured by another
is so Ludicrously
Ridiculous that
I'm Outraged
to think that you will heal U.S.
by putting U.S. in prison
and expecting
what from U.S. when Released
makes me see more than
Red Red Red Red
and so ignorant that
this is what's being Taught
to American Psychologists
Physicians
and Psychiatrists not to mention
your Children
in lieu of such torture
and as a victim of such, I'd rather be dead.