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Psyching Out
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The Sanity Patrol is out to get you
You, the uncategorical, searching the mundane for meaning
You, the nitchless, collecting moments of wonder
You, the seeker, pushing for larger understanding and cathartic insight
You, the unique, conjuring new perspectives and unloading old baggage
You, the choreographer, gracefully entwining artistry with authenticity
The Sanity Patrol has come
How do you greet them?
Relief laced with fear
Does this mean I'm okay? you exclaim
The Sanity Patrol refuses to pass judgment
on your enigmatic idiosyncratic individuality
No
You are not alone
On the contrary You're part of a greater whole
The Sanity Patrol knows how to
glean the unseen
embrace disgrace
release the beast
dance with circumstance
Laughter is what they're after
The world's a giant cookie jar
Will you chip in?

Do you qualify for the Sanity Patrol?
Exactly how sane are you?

If when answering as to the status of your sanity
you exclude absolutes
you could still be sane
because black and white are not primary colors

Even if you're crazy, nuts, bonkers, loony tunes
you could still be sane
because you manage your madness
at least most of the time

Even if you go through periods of irrationality, rage, ridiculousness
you could still be sane
because you clean up any messes you may have made
and re-express those core feelings appropriately
after blurting them out badly
Sanity Patrollers do this so no residue of stinky yuck remains
that is often odiferous and offensive to others
You may not be able to smell it yourself
or if you do you may like the stench
because it is familiar

SANITY NECESSITIES

Patrollers create their own criteria as they go along
but recognize certain necessities that assert sanity:

1 – DENIAL SUCKS
Denial creates an internalized feud
until the repressed puke is spewed
leaving you vulnerable in the nude
humiliated by being you

2 – GET OVER RESISTANCE
Remove the pole from your pants
that limits the fluidity of the dance
You can release through raves and rants
the inspiration to take a chance

3 – NO LIE FLIES
It's not easy to keep track
of to whom you said what and back
The pressure is bound to make a crack
between the fiction and the fact

4 – STOP DOING THAT
Again and again repeating an action
each time receiving no satisfaction
indicates sanity is off a fraction
resulting in membership retraction

5 – SO YOU FEEL SOMETHING
You do not live on this planet alone
and no one who lives is made of stone
which means emotions shade the tone
of all that is and will be known

6 – EXPRESS YOUR MESS
Your feelings are going to show anyway
like opinions they demand to have their say
Thinking is but one way
you make it through each and every day

7 – CAUSE AND EFFECT HAPPEN
If an action is intentionally taken
consequences cannot be forsaken
You may find you have a stake in
how intentions are easily mistaken

8 – OBTAIN COMMON SENSE, PLEASE
Though not as common as should be
logic and reason are priority
when dealing patiently with the immensity
of the ever-evolving human density