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Lab Rat

A poem about the abuse of patients in mental hospitals.

Lab Rat*

Locked in a psych ward. A gainst . . . her will.

Forced daily to take . . . a little . . . white pill.

’Tween two rows of healthy . . . pearly-white . . . teeth.

With perfectly good . . . gums . . . underneath.

Then entered the ward . . . a nasty . . . distraction.

Dental students. To practice . . . extraction.

Before treating patients . . . on the outside.

Again my friend Anne . . . was told, “Open. Wide.”

*Based on a true story.

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Rae (1948-2001) was a psychiatric survivor activist who was a key bridge-builder between the entire disability movement and our movement to change the mentalh health system. Rae championed the National Council on Disability (NCD) report, From Privileges to Rights: People Labeled with Psychiatric Disabilities Speaking For Themselves. Rae is shown here with her beloved Justin Dart (1930 - 2002), widely considered one of the key disability activists of the last century, and also a bridge builder between our movements. Both Rae and Justin were MFI members. (Photo by Cookie Gant)

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