ON HANG-UPS
         Ann Kilcrin Ward

We're told, today, that we must be
As nutty as a walnut tree
If our psyches should dissent
From social-science establishment.

Media claim, both day and night,
That most of us are too uptight;
The cure for this is love, you know,
And letting all your feelings show.

The theory is, if you exhibit -
Nothing hide, do not inhibit -
You'll find the world as sick as thee,
And somehow we shall all be free.