Paranoid
Paranoid - meaning Summary
Paranoia as Dark Humor
The poem presents a speaker consumed by paranoid conviction that everyone around them wants to harm or mock them. Using outrageous, comic-imagery of sabotaged food and possessions, the voice alternates between defensiveness and self-pity while blaming family background for lifelong misfit status. The tone mixes dark humor and genuine distress, ending with obsessive certainty. It reads as a bleakly comic portrait of isolation, mistrust, and the need to be believed.
Read Complete AnalysesEverybody says I'm paranoid they all think I'm crazy They all smile to my face but they'd like to see me die They put poison in my coffee they put ground glass in my oatmeal They put spiders in my tennis shoes and shit in my pecan pie It's hard to stop and figure out where did it all begin You see my father wanted a little girl and my mother wanted twins And my grandpa admired Hitler so everything I did was wrong And I'm gonna stop now cause even though you're smilin' I know you hate this song Yeah and I know you're only listenin' cause you don't wanna hurt my feelin's And you're just waitin' for me to leave so you can laugh about my open fly You put the poison in my coffee you put the ground glass in my oatmeal You put the spiders in my tennis shoes and you shit in my pecan pie I know don't deny it I know I know I know
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