by steve1223adelaide, South Australia
Jun 2012 1,469 Views 8 comments
Capgras Delusion
I can see she looks at me strangely
Something here is not right
My Darling wife, the love of my life
Might not be who I think she is
Yesterday I'm sure she was
The one I thought she was
But today, what can I say
I think they switched her round
She looks and talks the same
She acts and walks the same
Why hell, she even smells the same
Yet there is something in those eyes
Though the body looks just the same
I'm sure it's not my Darling
I don't know why they switched her round
There has to be a reason
For now I will play their game
I'll not let on I know it
Sometime soon they will slip up
And then I will have caught them
Something here is not right
My Darling wife, the love of my life
Might not be who I think she is
Yesterday I'm sure she was
The one I thought she was
But today, what can I say
I think they switched her round
She looks and talks the same
She acts and walks the same
Why hell, she even smells the same
Yet there is something in those eyes
Though the body looks just the same
I'm sure it's not my Darling
I don't know why they switched her round
There has to be a reason
For now I will play their game
I'll not let on I know it
Sometime soon they will slip up
And then I will have caught them
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Posted: Jun 2012
About this poem:
The Capgras delusion theory (or Capgras syndrome) is a disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, or other close family member has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor.Imagine, if you will, that one by one your friends and family– the people closest to you– are being removed and replaced with exact duplicates. Although they are identical in appearance and manner, you are certain that these people are not your loved ones. They are impostors. While most people would become deeply paranoid in such a scenario, there are some individuals who experience such things every day without fear… and just wonder, “why?” Such is the life of people stricken with Capgras’ Syndrome.
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Comments (8)
I'll not let on I know it
Sometime soon they will slip up
And then I will have caught them
Wow Steve,
This is very real. I know someone who has been trough this syndrome experience. My friend, while very fascinated with it and by it, she finds it very disturbing sometimes. Hmmmnn I would perhaps, enjoy and be very excited and observant, if it happens to me. Then again, maybe not as I think I know the man I love so much. But who knows. In this advent of life and time, anything can happen Steve. I just hope it doesn't cost you some weird paranoia.
Your friend Phyllis
have been replaced by aliens...so these things
do happen then???
Boyshchrm - is that really you??!...or have you been replaced too.....
Phyllis
boyshchrm6
jazzy75
andrew149
Poetnumber1
Thank you all for your kind comments and also thank you to your replacements ... thought you could fool me ... I know you have all been replaced ... or was it me that was replaced??? ... I'm confused