[RunAmokRampant]

Little Albert (Where Is He Held?)

I've read about you even though
ethically I shouldn't even know your name.
Do bells and whistles still frighten you?
Do forbidden decibels continue to haunt you
in mirror maze memory?

The effect would have been so surreal.
But you're a grown man now for sure.
The effects would've become bored
And the soft psyche not as easy to mould.

It didn't take long before you became tampered circuitry
Spoon fed to perform to a claque; Glass eye witnesses.
Treated like a man without a tongue of reproach.
Or a mind strong enough to guide reason with.
Such is the effect of slapped conditioning

We all wonder what had happened to you.
Perhaps worried? The senses were betrayed,
in the name of science.

Well take care little mouse,
Personification of a small plastic bag.
Keep the ends tied to keep the air in.
Bells and whistles are meant to keep you on your heels.