Unknown to me, the provenance of
the word manicomio
weighs it down, however
whenever I do come to use it
In states where virtue is profitable
common sense (too late the remedy)
can make us saints
Desperate to register existence
skeletons tattle in ethical closets
the apocryphal dollar already spent
A despondent chirp from the microwave
trying to tell me its task is complete
is the lowest comic denominator