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The Gathering
by Janyce Van Es
One by one the patients injected spoonfuls of anti-psychotic drugs into the psychiatrist as he sat bound tight in his office chair.
“That’s what you get for prescribing medicine that gave me tics,” said a schizophrenic whose face muscles jerked uncontrollably.
“This is what you get for turning me into a zombie,” said another who was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder.
“This is what you get for not answering your phone,” said the suicidal woman.
“What if we get caught for this?” asked one with anxiety.
“You’ll get off. You’re all crazy,” answered the neglected nurse.
About The Author
Janyce Helen Van Es is a retired elementary school-teacher who started a new career in writing seven years ago. She has a monthly social commentary in BudzusHammer magazine and seven published books, with two under consideration. She wrote social commentaries for the Pottsboro Press and Herald Democrat in Texas and the New Mexico Sun in Espanola, New Mexico. Ms. Van Es was organizer and chief editor for three separate school-district newspapers & she is also a member of EDITRED.COM.