Aside from a few grammar errors - missing apostrophes - the poem reads quite well. The words flow together and form images in my mind. The poem reminds me of the Beatle's song "A Day in the Life" in that the stanzas are well done, but I feel like I'm reading 2 poems shuffled together like 2 decks of cards with different colored backs. I'm a literal person, so it's quite possible that I'm missing a connection or you mean the pieces to be slightly scattered to emphasize the madness. I'm not sure why, but the last line of stanza 1 is my favorite line of the poem. It creates an interesting juxtaposition that I'd never realized before - the idea of climbing (which is done to gain height) by crawling upward (though crawling is usually done to stay close to the ground, not to rise.) Thanks for sharing. It definitely brought a few new ideas to mind. Cres