She’s Crazy

She brought forty-seven lawsuits against the city
the district attorney, Adam Sandler and Tom Hanks.
A variety of reasons, reasonable by some accounts
but at their core believed to be untrue so they locked her up.

“Crazy,” they thought and she withered away
in an asylum until she was released then she sued them again
for all the years her freedom was denied.

“You think I’m crazy?” she screamed
“Wait until I’m through with you, then you will see
what crazy can mean.” She proceeded to stalk
the police who arrested her, the prosecutors
and the judge. She mailed letters, sent texts messages,
made phone calls, stood outside their homes
and followed their kids home from school.

A restraining order didn’t keep her away
so once more they locked her up
wrapped her in a straight jacket in a padded cell
filled her with drugs and ignored her.

Everyone grew old and mostly forgot
about the woman at the end of the hall
until her twin sons came looking for her
one resembled Tom Hanks and the other looked

like Adam Sandler. It seemed her complaints
back in 1982, were true and the lawsuits
were a legitimate reason to come before
the courts so the boys sued the city,
the district attorney, the judge,
Tom Hanks and Adam Sandler.

They won each case
but too bad for her
she died before
the verdicts were made.



Case taken from the news to the point of absurdity.