MADMAN?

"Look at me, I'm a madman!" he said,
Tugging at his hair.
"I'm nutty, bonkers, round the bend,
I'm really not all there!"

"Hey!" he said.
No-one took much notice.
"Hey!" he repeated,
"What do I have to do?"
He marched on the spot,
And then he spun around,
"Don't you know a lunatic,
When he talks to you?"

The man puffed. He saw a youngish lad.
He held the lad's shoulders and shook him about.
"I'm mad!" said the man, "I'm barking mad!"
"Yeah, yeah," sighed the lad, "There's no need to shout."

"But I'm crazy!" yelled the man,
"My head needs seeing to."
A businessman approached the man,
"What's the matter with you?"

"Everything!" replied the man.
The businessman shrugged, "You're just normal."
"How can you say that?" asked the man.
"'cause if you were mad, you'd not know it at all."

30 April 2002