you can experience a variety

of madness

when you haven't been touched

in a long time

no foaming at the mouth

yabbering at strangers

taking your clothes off

on the bus

a more humdrum

form of derangement

which involves

seeing yourself

reach out a hand

to establish the contact

you've lacked

it's a film

with the sound turned down

which no one else sees

thankfully

so you exist in the category

     :functional