KEVIN
Kevin has a slightly inflamed liver
From drinking so much
He’s suffered from Agoraphobia
And the alcohol takes away his fears
The flat where he lived
Became uninhabitable
And he was threatened
By some local gypsy
That if he didn’t get him any Valium
He’d cut his arms and legs off
Kevin knows a bit about dismembered legs
Nine years in the army
His best friend got his leg blown off
During friendly fire
While he was training up in Royston
He had to pick up his best friend’s leg
He said and take it to the doctors
But they said there was nothing they could
do
Kevin has Lucy tattooed on his left hand
And doesn’t want to talk about the army
much
He’d fought in the First Gulf War
But he said nothing much happened there
Ardleigh Ward,
The Lakes Mental
Health Centre,
Colchester, February
2011
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