The Interpretation of Delusions

They themselves belong
To the brain, body,
Sensory systems—

But it’s the mind owns
Interpretations.
It’s the mind makes sense

Of broken sensing,
Words and stories what
Mind needs to do so.

In that sense, madness
Functions exactly
As sanity does

In human beings,
A skein of made-up
Elaborations

Accounting for things.
And you wonder why
The most creative

Minds seem more often
Insane—Who better
To interpret brains?