Trepanning

Heres a hole in the head,
A halo for migraine,
A crucifix for satan,
A lazer beam to thwart the termites,
Short sharp shocks for tiny hammers,
short sharp shocks for the humming,
For noises in the head.
It's trepanning twisting and turning,
Its trepanning,
Going into the skull as a means of release,
A deep cut for those who find themselves disturbed,
a deep cut for those with mental impairments.
It's a strange superstition from the past,
A medieval practice,
A kind of key hole surgery from way back then,
A crude piece of surgery to let out the build up of tension,
an operation to take off the pressure and give a patient some respite,
A form of precision drilling that's mostly unorthodox and arcane.
It's  fast relief for the psychotic,
fast relief for the neurotic,
A common cure for trepidation, 
A common cure for madness that affects us all.

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