Arts and Manners

Reflections from Bedlam

The news that I have finally been committed to an institution for the mentally deficient will not be too surprising to many of my critics, who indeed have been predicting—and urging—such a move for over twenty years. The O. Henry twist lies in the fact that this time I went willingly, without employing any of the legal shenanigans that had hitherto blocked the wheels of justice.